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Can I read The World of Odysseus (2nd rev. ed. upd. 1972) on EtoBox?

The World of Odysseus (2nd rev. ed. upd. 1972) by Moses I. Finley; Bernard Knox is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The World of Odysseus (2nd rev. ed. upd. 1972) about?

[book-description from another edition:]The World of Odysseus is a concise and penetrating account of the society that gave birth to the Iliad and the Odyssey—a book that provides a vivid picture of the Greek Dark Ages, its men and women, works and days, morals and values.Long celebrated as a pathbreaking achievement in the social history of the ancient world, M.I. Finley’s brilliant study remains, as classicist Bernard Knox notes in his introduction to this new edition, “as indispensable to the professional as it is accessible to the general reader”—a fundamental companion for students of Homer and Homeric Greece.

Who reads The World of Odysseus (2nd rev. ed. upd. 1972)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Moses I. Finley; Bernard Knox
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9781590170175
Category
history
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
Rating
3.91 / 5 (7 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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