Homeric sites around Troy / Jonathan Brown.
Homeric sites around Troy / Jonathan Brown.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
O'Connor, A.C.T. : Parrot Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
H 2018/2200
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
280 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, maps (some colour) ; 26 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Memory, maps and imagination -- Mt. Ida -- The Scamander -- Warm and cold springs -- The source of the Scamander -- The Simois -- The Hellespont -- The ships of the Achaeans -- The tomb and wall of the Achaeans -- Tenedos and Samothrace -- The ships of the Trojans -- The tomb of the Trojans -- The s...
Publication information
Publisher
O'Connor, A.C.T. : Parrot Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2017.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The mysterious places of Homer are explored in this most extensively illustrated account of the landscape around Troy. Over 170 photographs, 38 old paintings and drawings, 31 historical maps, 27 annotated excerpts from satellite imagery, and two new maps guide the reader in search of the sites celebrated in the Iliad and the Odyssey - the rivers, s...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Homeric sites around Troy / Jonathan Brown.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
"Satellite imagery captured by the WorldView-2 satellite on 22 September and 8 October 2013"--Verso of title page.
Illustrations on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (page 280)
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2017.
Biographical note
Jonathan Brown studied Latin and ancient history at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is a former Australian diplomat and international lawyer, and author of several books on the music of Richard Wagner, most recently Great Wagner Conductors: a listener's companion (2012).
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2018/2200
Record Identifier
74VKVAzj2DVO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAzj2DVO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780987155696
DDC
939.21
MMS ID
991024174319802626
