The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours by Gregory Nagy

The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

Gregory Nagy

727 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction classics history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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The ancient Greeks' concept of "the hero" was very different from what we understand by the term today, Gregory Nagy argues--and it is only through analyzing their historical contexts that we can truly understand Achilles, Odysseus, Oedipus, and H...

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