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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mark, Samuel (Samuel EuGene)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series.
Subjects:
Homer > Knowledge > Naval art and science.
Homer > Characters > Sailors.
Homère > Et l'art et science navals.
Homère > Personnages > Marins.
Homer
Forchenbrunn, Herwerd von
Naval art and science in literature.
Naval art and science > Greece.
Seafaring life in literature.
Ships, Ancient > Greece.
Sailors in literature.
Navigation > Greece.
Ships in literature.
Art et science navals dans la littérature.
Navigation > Grèce.
Navires anciens > Grèce.
Marins dans la littérature.
Vie en mer dans la littérature.
Navires dans la littérature.
Art et science navals > Grèce.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Naval art and science
Naval art and science in literature
Navigation
Sailors in literature
Seafaring life in literature
Ships, Ancient
Ships in literature
Schiffbau
Seeschifffahrt > Motiv
Seeschifffahrt
Ilias (Homerus)
Odyssea (Homerus)
Scheepvaart.
Scheepsbouw.
Geschichte 850 v. Chr.-750 v. Chr.
Greece > History, Naval.
Grèce > Histoire navale.
Greece
Griechenland > Altertum
Naval history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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