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This survey gives a concise but detailed account of the present state of criticism of the two great epics ascribed to Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Its main thrust is an examination of the poems i

This is a revised and updated version of the survey on Homer which the author originally published in 1996. It provides a wide variety of readers with a clear and detailed introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey, and to the problems which arise in dating, contextualising and interpreting these two epics, which are among the earliest poetic texts to come down to us from the ancient Greek world. A substantial introductory chapter discusses the so-called Homeric Question, the question of the identity and origins of 'Homer'. Among the important topics considered are the debate over oral composition, the structure, plot and themes of the two epics, and the religious and ethical ideas which figure in the poems; also discussed are characterisation, speeches, similes, symbolism and irony. An extensive bibliography gives expert guidance on these and many other aspects of these extraordinary poems.

Father Rutherford has thoroughly revised The Death of a Christian, his popular study, to reflect the Order of Christian Funerals (1989). Pastors, educators, seminarians, and divinity school students w

Fawcett and Rutherford present this research report on castles in Scotland, their history, and management in modern times. The authors focus on the roles played by castles in Scottish society discussi

This volume originated in a conference of the same title, held in Oxford in September 2006, to celebrate the 70th birthday of Peter Parsons, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1989 to 2003. The

Through their sheer range, daring innovation, flawed but eloquent characters and intriguing plots, the plays of Euripides have shocked and stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Phoenician W

McKim, Mead & White is the best-known architecture firm of late nineteenth and early twentieth century America, having built many iconic buildings of America's Gilded Age, from Columbia University and

Recounts and evaluates the worldwide effort to ban landmines.