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Author Alexander, Caroline, 1956-

Title The war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War / Caroline Alexander.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2009.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1398698~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  883.01 ALE    AVAILABLE
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Description xix, 296 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Homer. Iliad.
War in literature.
Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
Achilles (Greek mythology)
ISBN 9780670021123 (hardcover)
0670021121 (hardcover)
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