Travelling heroes: greeks and their myths in the epic age of homer
Auteur :
Lane Fox, Robin
Éditeur :
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN :
9780140244991
Date de publication :
29 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
21,0 x 15,0 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
406 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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 heroes that would become the cornerstone of Western civilization: the Odyssey and the Iliad.