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Book SynopsisEpic's foundational role in Greek and Latin literature places the heroic journey at the center of numerous literary and historical contexts. This volume showcases in a wide-ranging fashion the various functions of the journey from Homer's Odyssey and Vergil's Aeneid to NASA's Apollo 11 mission.
Trade Review'This book is accessible to nonspecialists but is more likely to be appreciated by classical scholars, especially those focusing on epics, Greek and Roman history, and ancient views of gender and domestic life … Recommended.' S. E. Goins, Choice
Table of Contents1. Introduction Thomas Biggs and Jessica Blum; Part I. Odyssean Journeys: 2. In and out of the Golden Age – a Hesiodic reading of the Odyssey Egbert J. Bakker; 3. Pompē in the Odyssey Alexander C. Loney; 4. 'What country, friends, is this?' Geography and exemplarity in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica Jessica Blum; Part II. Gendered Maps: 5. Wandering, love and home in Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica and Heliodorus' Aethiopica Silvia Montiglio; 6. Heroes and homemakers in Xenophon Emily Baragwanath; 7. Women's travels in the Aeneid Alison Keith; Part III. Rome's Journey – Construction of Rome through Travel: 8. Epic journeys on an urban scale – movement and travel in Virgil's Aeneid Timothy M. O'Sullivan; 9. Roman and Carthaginian journeys – Punic Pietas in Naevius' Bellum Punicum and Plautus' Poenulus Thomas Biggs; 10. Defining home, defining Rome – Germanicus' Eastern tour Cynthia Damon and Elizabeth Palazzolo; 11. Odyssean wanderings and Greek responses to Roman Empire Andrew C. Johnston; Part IV. Unearthly Journeys: 12. From Rome to the Moon – Rutilius Namatianus and the Late antique game of knowledge Martin Devecka 13. Looking back in wonder – contemplating Homer from the Iliad to Pale Blue Dot Karen ní Mheallaigh.
