Ancient Epic (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World): 15

by King (Author), King (Author), King (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $94.21

  Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.