On Heroes

On Heroes - Writings from the Greco-Roman World

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Publisher's Synopsis

Writing toward the end of what is called the Second Sophistic era, about 60-230 CE, Philostratus, through a character he creates, claims to tell a truer and more accurate account of the Trojan War than Homer. Maclean (religion, Roanoke College) and Aitken (New Testament, Harvard Divinity School) provide an easy-to-read translation, notes on the lan

Book information

ISBN: 9781589830370
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Imprint: Society of Biblical Literature
Pub date:
DEWEY: 882.01
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 187
Weight: 363g
Height: 229mm
Width: 161mm
Spine width: 16mm