Homeric seafaring

Summary: "In this comprehensive history of Homer's references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that the Greeks build ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 B.C. To discuss and clarify the terms used by Homer, Mark draws on scholarly literature as well as examples of recent excavations of ancient shipwrecks." "As befits a study whose subjects are partly historical, partly archaeological, and partly myth and legend, Mark's conclusions are tentative. Yet, this comprehensive and meticulous study of Homer's references to ships and seafaring is sure to become a standard study on the subject."--Jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781585443918
ISBN: 1585443913
ISBN: 9781299052925
ISBN: 1299052924
ISBN: 1603445943
ISBN: 9781603445948
Physical Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction -- 2. The cultural context of the Iliad and the Odyssey -- 3. Society, economics, and trade -- 4. Hull construction -- 5. Odysseus builds a seagoing vessel -- 6. Homeric ships -- 7. Seafaring on the wine dark sea -- 8. Anchoring and anchorages -- 9. Geography -- 10. Summary.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:	English.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.