King K.C. Ancient epic

Wiley, 2012. — xiv, 206 p. — (Blackwell introductions to the classical world). — ISBN: 978-1-4051-5947-0, 978-1-118-25534-6.Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes' Agonautica. Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic Offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context Includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts.Chronologies
MapThe Epic of Gilgamesh
The Context of Homeric Epic
The Iliad
The Odyssey
The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes
The Context of Roman Epic
The Aeneid of Virgil
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Appendix: Chart of Olympian Gods and their Akkadian Counterparts
Glossary of Greek and Latin termsTrue PDF