Buy new:
$179.45
FREE delivery Monday, May 20
Ships from: Amazon.com
Sold by: Amazon.com
$179.45
FREE Returns
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$179.45 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$179.45
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
30-day easy returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
30-day easy returns
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$159.95
FREE Returns
This book will likely contain some notes and highlighting. The cover and binding will likely show moderate wear. Supplemental information such as access codes and CDs are not guaranteed. This book will likely contain some notes and highlighting. The cover and binding will likely show moderate wear. Supplemental information such as access codes and CDs are not guaranteed. See less
FREE delivery Friday, May 17. Order within 7 hrs 44 mins
Only 2 left in stock - order soon.
$$179.45 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$179.45
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

The Epic Cycle: A Commentary on the Lost Troy Epics

by M. L. West (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$179.45","priceAmount":179.45,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"179","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"45","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"NO5ce5fQLwwbh%2B2rtmMZtfUtBrP%2Bi%2FlbAqGJMn3dlRAPGLVFQ2Szt4o6ENpmUzi8JeULOImy5brnorafnQ4NcmqVM%2BdPrwRscUopPiB9Vk88pOtjADVjysfz4eomGGA8R39Id7t%2FCo7H2Yl%2Bd1WwWg%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$159.95","priceAmount":159.95,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"159","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"95","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"NO5ce5fQLwwbh%2B2rtmMZtfUtBrP%2Bi%2FlbzVMDGiBQSefikG%2Ff9lwwnmQ8d00tbwLnuZ9%2FExqE%2B4IJUErPMhCXYLh6ZBGb8xqtl7j1Z43WummlbpWCfPbQWh3UhwnuSD3hp9ugNOYuAOZ9dUng%2F8M%2BR2bsBxyllqNcEFXfHPTZM5Y1eKHRtHrEfTIoPD2y6Fwc","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

The Iliad and Odyssey do not cover the main story of the Trojan War. The whole saga, which includes Zeus' plan to reduce the world's population, the Judgment of Paris and seduction of Helen, the start of the campaign, the Wooden Horse, the fall of Achilles, the homecoming of Agamemnon, and the eventual death of Odysseus, was related in six other epics, dating from 630-560 BCE, that were influential for lyric poets, tragedians, and artists of the classical age but are known to us only through fragments and brief prose summaries.

In this book Martin West presents all the source material and provides the first comprehensive commentary on it, making full use of iconographic as well as literary evidence. Discussing the individual fragments and testimonia, he endeavours to reconstruct the connections between them, so far as possible, and to build up a picture of the plan and course of each poem. In a substantial introduction he addresses general issues, including the nature and formation of the Epic Cycle, the status of the summaries of the Troy epics preserved under the name of Proclus, the validity of the attested ascriptions to particular poets, the reflexes of the Cycle in early art and literature, and its fortunes in and after the Hellenistic period.
Read more Read less
Previous page
  1. ISBN-10
    0199662258
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0199662258
  3. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  4. Publication date
    May 19, 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    8.5 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
  7. Print length
    334 pages
  8. See all details
Next page
All the Little Raindrops: A Novel
"All the Little Raindrops: A Novel" by Mia Sheridan for $10.39
The chilling story of the abduction of two teenagers, their escape, and the dark secrets that, years later, bring them back to the scene of the crime. | Learn more

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

The first comprehensive commentary on the lost Troy epics

About the Author

Martin West was a Fellow and Praelector at University College, Oxford, from 1963 to 1974, then Professor of Greek at Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges London till 1991, and a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College Oxford from 1991 to 2004. He continues to live and work in Oxford.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (May 19, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 334 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199662258
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199662258
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

Customer reviews

4.1 out of 5 stars
4.1 out of 5
9 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Peter C. Patton
5.0 out of 5 stars ... able to know about the missing epics of the great Troy cycle
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2016
Verified Purchase
This is probably the most we will ever be able to know about the missing epics of the great Troy cycle. We could not have learned it from a more knowledgable scholar than Martin West.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Mary B. Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars Why I bought this book
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2013
Verified Purchase
This is book is very important to my research on Greek vase that depict scenes from the Epic Cycle (the Trojan War). West is THE scholar whose work I most admire and consult.
10 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

SL-Mcr(Uk)
5.0 out of 5 stars Not cheap ,but worth buying,IF this area is of great interest to the reader.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2020
Verified Purchase
Though somewhat pricey, if only choosing one book on this topic, this is the one to buy.It helps to know some ancient Greek.Note: Loeb's 'Greek Epic Fragments' contains many translated passages found in ancient Greek ,in West's 'Epic Cycle' .
Quoted Reviews:
“Organises an extraordinary amount of information concerning difficult and complex matters”-Burgess
“This re-evaluation of Iliadic politics also has important implications for the use of Homeric epic by historians”-Martin
Report
L. Pateman
4.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Loeb Classical Edition as well
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 17, 2014
Verified Purchase
A valuable, if very expensive, book spoilt by the author's somewhat petulant refusal to provide translations of all the Greek. There is something of a "if you can't be bothered to read classical Greek to an expert standard, I can't be bothered to explain myself to you" attitude here. This really is unreasonable as the Greek is hard and often ambiguous. It is also odd because West has himself produced perfectly adequate translations of the Greek Epic Fragments in the Loeb series. Unless you understand Early Classical Greek to a post-gradate standard, you will need a translation. Examining the differences between the two books is, in itself, a good place to start studying these lost epics.
10 people found this helpful
 Report