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Homeric Seafaring.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology SeriesPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603445948
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Homeric SeafaringDDC classification:
  • 623.82/00938
LOC classification:
  • PA4037 -- .M323 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Cultural Context of the Iliad and the Odyssey -- Society, Economics, and Trade -- Hull construction -- Odysseus Builds a Seagoing Vessel -- Homeric ships -- Seafaring on the Wine Dark Sea -- Anchoring and anchorages -- Geography -- Summary -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Greek Index -- INDEX OF CITATIONS.
Summary: This comprehensive study of Homer's references to ships and seafaring reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. The subjects of this study, which are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, bring Mark to several surprising conclusions about seafaring in Homer's time.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Cultural Context of the Iliad and the Odyssey -- Society, Economics, and Trade -- Hull construction -- Odysseus Builds a Seagoing Vessel -- Homeric ships -- Seafaring on the Wine Dark Sea -- Anchoring and anchorages -- Geography -- Summary -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Greek Index -- INDEX OF CITATIONS.

This comprehensive study of Homer's references to ships and seafaring reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. The subjects of this study, which are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, bring Mark to several surprising conclusions about seafaring in Homer's time.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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