Travelling Heroes  -  Robin Lane Fox

Greeks and Their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer

KORTE INHOUD

The tales of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. But where did they originate? Esteemed classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime's knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, to open up the age of Homer. His acclaimed history explores how the intrepid seafarers of eighth-century Greece sailed around the Mediterranean, encountering strange new sights - volcanic mountains, vaporous springs, huge prehistoric bones - and weaving them into the myths of gods, monsters and ...
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2009 Uitgever: Penguin 528 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  198x129 ISBN-10: 0140244999 ISBN-13: 9780140244991