In search of Homeric Ithaca / Jonathan Brown (author).
In search of Homeric Ithaca / Jonathan Brown (author).
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Author / Creator
Publisher
O'Connor, ACT : Parrot Press, 2020.
Call Numbers
H 2021/1679
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 435 pages : coloured illustrations ; 26 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: the Homeric perspective -- Part one: - Looking for Ithaca : The realm of Odysseus -- The island of Odysseus -- Dulchians on the move -- The Dulchian suitors -- Dulchians in Ithaca -- Homeric tracees on Thaki in antiquity -- Ithaca on the coins -- Ithaca from the Middle Ages --Part two:...
Publication information
Publisher
O'Connor, ACT : Parrot Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2020.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Ithaca (Greece)
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Odysseus was notoriously vague about where he lived. Ithaca was the place, he said, but his description of its whereabouts was a mixture of geography and poetry. Tradition says that it was the modern island of Ithaki in the Ionian Sea. Other theories, however, have placed it elsewhere. This book takes a close look at the traditional view, and at so...
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Full title
In search of Homeric Ithaca / Jonathan Brown (author).
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Notes
General note
Multiple formats will be published.
Throughout the book "Ithaki" refers to the modern island and "Ithaca" to the island of antiquity.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
H 2021/1679
Record Identifier
74VKa7aGWP0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7aGWP0X
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ISBN
0648092526
9780648092520 hardback
DDC
883/.01
MMS ID
991024385219802626
