The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War / Caroline Alexander.
2009
PA4037 .A5955 2009 (Mapit)
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The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War / Caroline Alexander.
Author
Alexander, Caroline, 1956-
ISBN
9780670021123
0670021121
0670021121
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xix, 296 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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PA4037 .A5955 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.01
Summary
Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions that define the war experience of every age.
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Table of Contents
Landscape of the Trojan War
the things they carried
Chain of command
Terms of engagement
Enemy lines
Land of my fathers
In God we trust
Man down
No hostages
The death of Hektor
Everlasting glory.
the things they carried
Chain of command
Terms of engagement
Enemy lines
Land of my fathers
In God we trust
Man down
No hostages
The death of Hektor
Everlasting glory.