{"product_id":"homer-the-classic-9780674033269","title":"Homer the Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHomer the Classic\u003c\/i\u003e is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The study of this reception is important for understanding not only the all-pervasive literary influence of ancient Greek epic traditions but also the various ways in which these traditions were used by individuals and states to promote their own cultural and political agenda. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey, \u003c\/i\u003e is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume is one of two books stemming from six Sather Classical Lectures given in the spring semester of 2002 at the University of California at Berkeley while the author was teaching there as the Sather Professor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Nagy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Hellenic Studies #36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674033269","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46428584247433,"sku":"9780674033269","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b9fe22b4-250c-484e-b24f-9b31c59ef5f2.jpg?v=1778013223","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/homer-the-classic-9780674033269","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}