This book offers a new approach to the study of Homeric epic by combining ancient Greek perceptions of Homer with up-to-date scholarship on traditional poetry. Part I argues that, in the archaic period, the Greeks saw the lliad and Odyssey neither as literary works in the modern sense nor as the pro[...]

This book deals with the afterlife of the classical gods: how they travelled the world, shaped our history and culture, and turned up in the strangest places - from Chinese cave temples to Borges' dreams. Elegant and entertaining, this is the history of the most vibrant characters in classical civil[...]