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The best of the Achaeans : concepts of the hero in Archaic Greek poetry by Nagy, Professor Gregory is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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Despite widespread interest in the Greek hero as a cult figure, little was written about the relationship between the cult practices and the portrayals of the hero in poetry. The first edition of The Best of the Achaeans bridged that gap, raising new ques
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- Author
- Nagy, Professor Gregory
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press, c1979.
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780801822001
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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