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020			_a9781541600447 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1541600444 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1370003445
092			_a883.01 _bL265
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aLane Fox, Robin, _d1946- _eauthor. _993831
245	1	0	_aHomer and his Iliad / _cRobin Lane Fox.
250			_aFirst US edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axiii, 442 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aPrologue: enigmatic Homer -- Part 1. Homer and his Iliad: where? -- 'When first they quarreled...' -- Doing things with words -- Tracking Homer -- Homer's heartland -- Unstitching the Iliad -- Plotting an epic -- Part II. Composing the Iliad: how? -- 'Sing, o goddess...' -- Homeric fieldwork -- Singers of tales -- The uses of analogy -- A great dictator -- Part III. Composing the Iliad: when? -- Problems of literacy -- Trojan Wars -- 'Not as mortal men are now...' -- Dating Homer -- In transmission -- Part IV. Heroic hallmarks. -- Heroism: the highlights -- 'Not ingloriously may I die...' -- 'If it must be so...' -- Heroic ethics -- Heroes at play -- Heroism and hyper-reality -- Shame and glory -- Character and background -- Equine poetics -- Swift-footed Achilles -- Part V. Parallel worlds. -- The heavenly family -- Sublime frivolity? -- White-armed women -- Royal mothers -- The natural world -- 'As when...' -- The shield of Achilles -- Ruthless Poignancy.
520			_aRobin Lane Fox addresses these questions, drawing on a lifelong love and engagement with the poem. He argues for a place, a date, and a method for its composition--subjects of ongoing controversy--combining the detailed expertise of a historian with a poetic reader's sensitivity. Lane Fox considers hallmarks of the poem; its values, implicit and explicit; its characters; its women; its gods; and even its horses.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600	0	0	_aHomer. _tIliad. _9572
600	0	0	_aHomer _xTechnique.
650		0	_aTrojan War. _9106002
655		7	_aLiterary criticism. _2lcgft _9389769
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c378290 _d378290