Kim, Lawrence Young, 1970-

Homer between history and fiction in imperial Greek literature [e lectronic resource] / by Lawrence Kim. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 . - xi, 246 p. ; 24 cm. - Greek culture in the Roman world . - Greek culture in the Roman world. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and indexes.

Introduction: Imperial Homer, history, and fiction -- Homer, poet an d historian: Herodotus and Thucydides -- Homer, the ideal geographer : Strabo's Geography -- Homer the liar: Dio Chrysostom's Trojan Oration - - Homer on the island. Lucian's True Stories -- Ghosts at Troy: Philost ratus' Heroicus -- Epilogue.


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University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
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Homer-- In literature.


Greek literature-- History and criticism.
Trojan War-- Literature and the war.
Literature and history-- History-- Greece-- To 1500.