by Jasper Griffin · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420600499
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«Homero» is Jasper Griffin's essay on Homeric epic, published in 1984 by Alianza Editorial in hardback (112 pages, in Spanish).
Study of Homeric epic in three chapters: the context of oral poetry and the background of the poems, the Iliad as an exploration of heroism, the role of the gods and human fragility, and the Odyssey as the tale of the return of a cunning hero, Ulysses. The author also traces the influence of both poems on Western culture.
Translation from English by Antonio Guzmán Guerra. Work belonging to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection, Humanities Section, number 1049.
Recommended for students of classical literature and for those seeking an accessible introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Jasper Griffin was a British classicist and academic. He was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford from 1992 until 2004.
