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.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
Homer-- In literature.
Greek literature-- History and criticism. Trojan War-- Literature and the war. Literature and history-- History-- Greece-- To 1500.