Contribution to Book
Mythic Background
The Cambridge Guide to Homer
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
4-1-2020
Disciplines
Abstract
This essay focuses on the influence of Indo-European and ancient Near Eastern myth on Homeric poetry. It considers the relationship between the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad, and the motif of the hero’s combat with a dragon.
Editor
Corinne Ondine Pache
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9781107027190
Citation Information
Cook, E. F. (2020). Mythic background. In C. O. Pache (Ed.), The Cambridge guide to Homer (pp. 62-69). Cambridge University Press.