A World of Heroes Selections from Homer Herodotus and Sophocles 2nd Edition by Joint Association Of Classical Teachers ISBN 978-0521736466 0521736463

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ISBN 10:   0521736463

ISBN 13: 978-0521736466

Author: Joint Association Of Classical Teachers

A World of Heroes is a reader designed for students who have just completed an introductory course in ancient Greek and wish to read substantial passages of ancient authors in the original language. It introduces three of ancient Greece’s most important authors, Homer, Herodotus and Sophocles, and includes such gripping and influential stories as the battle of Thermopylai (from Herodotus’ Histories); the death of Hektor (the Iliad) and the fall of Oedipus. Notes accompanying each passage provide extensive help with vocabulary and translation, and each section contains a brief introduction to the author and his work. The first edition of the book proved very successful with students and instructors for more than three decades. This, the second edition, includes the same texts as the first but provides much more help with translating and understanding them in order better to meet the needs of modern students.

Table of contents: 

Homer

• Introductory passage: Akhilleus and Hektor – Iliad

• Target passages:

  • The death of Hektor – Iliad

  • Hektor and Andromakhe – Iliad

Herodotus

• Introductory passages:

  • Persian customs – Histories

  • Xerxes at Abydos – Histories

• Target passage:

  • The battle of Thermopylai – Histories

Sophocles

• Introductory passage: Oedipus the King – Oedipus Tyrannus

• Target passage: The fall of Oedipus – Oedipus Tyrannus

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