Author: Hilda Lockhart Lorimer
Publisher: London, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
An archaeological study of Aegean civilization intended for the student of Homer.
Homer and the Monuments
Author: Hilda Lockhart Lorimer
Publisher: London, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
An archaeological study of Aegean civilization intended for the student of Homer.
Publisher: London, Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
An archaeological study of Aegean civilization intended for the student of Homer.
Homeric Seafaring
Author: Samuel Mark
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443918
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this comprehensive history of Homer’s references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 b.c. To discuss and clarify the terms used by Homer, Mark draws on scholarly literature as well as examples from recent excavations of ancient shipwrecks. Mark begins by emphasizing the importance of the household during a period in which chiefs ruled and Greek nobles disdained merchants and considered seafaring a necessary but less than distinguished activity. His chapter on Odysseus’s construction of a ship includes discussions of the types of wood used. He concludes that most Greek ships were of laced, rather than pegged mortise-and-tenon construction. Mark goes on to discuss characteristics of Homeric ships and their stern ornaments, oars, quarter rudders, masts, mast-steps, keels, ropes, cables, and planks. Mark reaches several surprising conclusions: that in an agricultural society, seafaring was a common activity, even among the nobles; that hugging the coast could be more treacherous than sailing across open sea; that Homeric ships were built mainly to be sailed, instead of rowed; that sea battles were relatively common; that helmsmen were crucial to a safe voyage; and that harbors were little more than natural anchorages. Mark’s discussion of Homer’s geography covers theories that posit Odysseus sailing in the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas and even on the Atlantic Ocean. As befits a study whose subjects are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, Mark’s conclusions are tentative. Yet, this comprehensive and meticulous study of Homer’s references to ships and seafaring is sure to become a standard study on the subject.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585443918
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In this comprehensive history of Homer’s references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 b.c. To discuss and clarify the terms used by Homer, Mark draws on scholarly literature as well as examples from recent excavations of ancient shipwrecks. Mark begins by emphasizing the importance of the household during a period in which chiefs ruled and Greek nobles disdained merchants and considered seafaring a necessary but less than distinguished activity. His chapter on Odysseus’s construction of a ship includes discussions of the types of wood used. He concludes that most Greek ships were of laced, rather than pegged mortise-and-tenon construction. Mark goes on to discuss characteristics of Homeric ships and their stern ornaments, oars, quarter rudders, masts, mast-steps, keels, ropes, cables, and planks. Mark reaches several surprising conclusions: that in an agricultural society, seafaring was a common activity, even among the nobles; that hugging the coast could be more treacherous than sailing across open sea; that Homeric ships were built mainly to be sailed, instead of rowed; that sea battles were relatively common; that helmsmen were crucial to a safe voyage; and that harbors were little more than natural anchorages. Mark’s discussion of Homer’s geography covers theories that posit Odysseus sailing in the Adriatic and Mediterranean Seas and even on the Atlantic Ocean. As befits a study whose subjects are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, Mark’s conclusions are tentative. Yet, this comprehensive and meticulous study of Homer’s references to ships and seafaring is sure to become a standard study on the subject.
A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey
Author: Alfred Heubeck
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198721444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This three volume commentary also includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey, its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198721444
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This three volume commentary also includes an introduction discussing previous research on the Odyssey, its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text.
A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey: Introduction and Books I-VIII
Author: Alfred Heubeck
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198147473
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198147473
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Ancient Unedited Monuments
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Ancient Unedited Monuments
Author: James V ..... Millingen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Ancient Unedited Monuments
Author: James Millingen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Ancient Unedited Monuments. II. Series
Author: James Millingen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Magna Graecia
Author: Michael J. Bennett
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780940717718
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9780940717718
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This magnificent book presents 82 masterpieces of Greek vase painting and sculpture in terrocotta, stone, and bronze from the eight great museum collections of the South of Italy and Sicily. 170 colour illustrations
Women in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Author: Guy D. Middleton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108481132
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book recounts the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines. Accessible, engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, it will be key reading for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108481132
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This book recounts the fascinating lives of thirty real women of the ancient Mediterranean from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantines. Accessible, engagingly written and up-to-date in its scholarship, it will be key reading for students and researchers in Ancient History, Archaeology and Mediterranean Studies, as well as in Women's History.