Author | : Michael John Anderson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Release Date | : 1997 |
ISBN | : 9780198150640 |
Pages | : 283 pages |
Rating | : 4.1/5 (56 download) |
Download or read book The Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art written by Michael John Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author examines images of the fall of Troy in early Greek epic poetry, fifth-century Athenian tragedy, and Athenian black- and red-figure vase painting to focus on the narrative artistry with which poets and painters blended the various components of the myth into a balanced whole and intertwined them with other chapters in the story of Troy.