The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters. Adam Nicolson

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       Copyright

      William Collins

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

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      London, SE1 9GF

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      Published by William Collins in 2014

      Copyright © Adam Nicolson 2014

      The Adam Nicolson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007335527

      Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007335541

      Version: 2016-04-15

       Dedication

      For

      Sarah Raven

      Thomas Nicolson

      William Nicolson

      Ben Nicolson

      Rosie Nicolson

      &

      Molly Nicolson

       Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Maps:

       The World of the Ancient Greeks

       The Bronze Age World

       7. Homer the Real

       8. The Metal Hero

       9. Homer on the Steppes

       10. The Gang and the City

       11. Homer’s Mirror

       12. Homer’s Odyssey

       Conclusion: The Bright Wake

       Picture Section

       Footnotes

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Text Permissions

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       By the same author

       About the Publisher

       List of Illustrations

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      COLOUR PLATES

      1 ‘The Mask of Agamemnon’. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

      2 Stamnos (vase) depicting Odysseus tied to the mast listening to the songs of the Sirens, c.480 BC, Athens. (Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

      3 Mycenaean funerary stele with relief chariot scene, c.1600 BC. (Photo by Adam Nicolson)

      4 Mycenaean gold cup, sixteenth century BC. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens. DeAgostini/Getty Images)

      5 Engraving depicting an octopus on a gold cup from Tholos of Dendra, near Midea, sixteenth century BC. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens. DeAgostini/Getty Images)


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