The war that killed Achilles the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The war that killed Achilles : |b the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War / |c Caroline Alexander. |
| 246 | 3 | |a True story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War | |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Viking, |c 2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xix, 296 p. : |b map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age. | ||
| 600 | 0 | 0 | |a Homer. |t Iliad. |
| 650 | 0 | |a War in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Trojan War |x Literature and the war. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Achilles (Greek mythology) |v Poetry. | |
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