Chios: a conference at the Homereion in Chios, 1984The island of Chios is widely believed to be the birthplace of Homer, and has since antiquity been prominent as a wine producer and trading state. Chios flourished under the Venetians and the Turks, and is a major cultural center of Greece today. This book contains twenty-six essays by international scholars on the brilliant history and art of Chios, including discussions of literature and poetry, archaeology, and painting. |
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Contents
Heroic and unheroic ideas in Homer | 3 |
Homers use of Achilles earlier campaigns in the Iliad | 15 |
The pseudoHerodotean life of Homer and Chios | 21 |
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| Title | Chios: a conference at the Homereion in Chios, 1984 |
| Authors | John Boardman, C. E. Vaphopoulou-Richardson |
| Editors | John Boardman, C. E. Vaphopoulou-Richardson |
| Contributors | John Boardman, C. E. Vaphopoulou-Richardson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 361 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / Greece Medical / Forensic Medicine Science / Life Sciences / Botany |
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