Ancient epic - King, Katherine Callen (John Wiley & Sons, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references and index
This work offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics; Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Apollonius of Rhodes' Agonautica. It provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic, offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context, and includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts