The Odyssey and Its Times Library Research Guide

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SCOPE OR BACKGROUND The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic poem set around 1200 B.C. in Greece. It was written in the eighth century B.C. by Homer. This research guide lists resources relating to daily life in Ancient Greece.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC “The Odyssey”, in Literature and Its Times, vol.1, p. 280-287. R 809 LIT “The Iliad”, in Literature and Its Times, vol. 1, p. 166-173. R 809 LIT

KEYWORDS FOR SEARCHES Greece, Ancient (just using “Greece” gives you both ancient and modern Greece) Odyssey Homer Trojan War Bronze Age Mycenae or Mycenaean Age

RELEVANT DATES AND AGES Bronze Age: 1900-1150 BC Mycenaean culture: 1400- 1150 BC Troy is destroyed c.1200 BC (traditional dates 1184 BC or 1250 BC) Greek Dark Ages: 1150-800 BC Homer writes the Odyssey: 750-700 BC Classical Greece 5thc. BC – 336 BC

An Ancient Greece timeline chart is the last page of this document.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS USING THESE CALL NUMBERS 392 – Life customs 393 – Death customs 709.38, 709.45 – Greek art 722- Greek architecture 730.938 Greek sculpture 880 – Classical Greek Literature

1 883 – Homer (literary topics) 937 – Ancient Greece and Rome 938 – Ancient Greece PRIMARY SOURCES Homer. The Odyssey 883 HOM Homer. The Iliad 883 HOM

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Carpenter, Rhys, “Homer” in Encyclopedia of World Biography, vol. 5, p. 329-332. R 920

Biography Resource Center – Online http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itconfig/wynd9589

Who’s Who in the Greek World R 938 WHO

LITERATURE REFERENCE Anchter, Dorothy. Dictionary of Historical and Allusions & Eponyms. R 803 AUC Baldick, Chris. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. R 803 CON Sobcszak, A. J. Cyclopedia of Literary Characters. R 809.927 CYC

LITERARY CRITICISM ON HOMER’S WRITING Bloom, Harold. Bloom’s Notes: Homer’s Odyssey 883.01 HOM Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern critical views: Homer. 883.5 HOM Bloom, Harold, ed. Odysseus/Ulysses. 883.5 ODY Luce, T. James. Ancient Writers. R 880.09 ANC Michalopoulos, Andre. Homer 883.5 HOM Nardo, Don. Ed. Readings on Homer 883 HOM “Odyssey” Literature and Its Times, p.280–287 R 809 LIT vol.1

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND HANDBOOKS Ancient Civilizations, 3 vols. R 930 KNI Sacks, David, Encyclopedia of the Ancient World R 938 SAC

HISTORICAL INFORMATION ABC-Clio World History Ancient / Medieval - Covers human history in all corners of the globe from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance with an unmatched collection of http://www.ancienthistory.abc-clio.com

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DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE

Daily Life Online and World Cultures http://dailylife.greenwood.com/login.asp

Finkelman, Paul. “ Ancient Greece”, p. 57-63. Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery. 306.362 MAC Grant, Michael. A Social History of Greece and Rome 937 GRA Kurtz, Donna. Greek Burial Customs 393 KUR Lacey, Walter. The Family in Classical Greece 301.42 Mireaux, Emile. Daily Life in the Time of Homer, vol. 1, 913.38 MIR Salisbury, Joyce E. Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life, 6 vols. R 390 GRE Swaddling, Judith. The Ancient Olympic Games 796.48 SWA

WARFARE AND THE TROJAN WAR “Troy, Unearthing the Legend” AV 939.21 TRO “ Trojan War” p.1565-1566, vol.5 Magill's Guide to Military History R 355.009 MAG “Trojan War” p. 896. Ground Warfare, vol. 3 R 355.003 GRO Snodgrass, A. M. Arms and Armor of the Greeks 623.441 SNO Wood, Michael. In Search of the Trojan War 939.21 WOO Woodford, Susan. The Trojan War in Ancient Art 704.947 WOO

RELIGION “Ancient Religions of the Mediterranean” (video) AV 291 ANC Eliade, Mircea. Encyclopedia of Religion. R 200.3 ENC Faruqi, Ismail Ragi al. Historical Atlas of Religions of the World. R 200 FAR Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. 290 HAM Lewis, James. “Greece (Ancient Classical)”, Encyclopedia of Afterlife and Phenomena. p. 160-168. Lincoln, Bruce. “Indo-European religions: An overview”. p.199-204. in Encyclopedia of Religion. Vol. 7 McLeish, Kenneth. Myth: Myths & Legends of the World Explored. R 291.03 MCL Vernant, Jean-Pierre. “Greek Religion” in Encyclopedia of Religion, p. 99-118. R 200.3 ENC

THE ARTS Search for “Greek Art”, “Classical Art” or “Neoclassical”

Ainalov, D.V. Hellenistic Origins of Byzantine Art. 709.02

3 D’Espouy, Hector. Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings. 722.802 GRE Boardman. John. Oxford History of Classical Art. 709.38 OXF National Archaeological Museum: Athens 709.38 GRE Reid, Jane. Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s., vol. 2, R 700 OXP Richter, G. M. A Handbook of Greek Art. 709.38 RIC Ruskin, Ariane. Greek and Roman Art. 709.38 RUS Woodford, Susan. Trojan War in Ancient Art. 704.947 WOO

GRAPHICS, MAPS AND CHARTS Curriculum Resource Center www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?ID=11900&ItemID=We51

Comparative Religions on File R 291 COM Historical Maps, 2 vols. R 911 HIS Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World R 930 SMI World History: Early Civilizations R 920 WOR World History: the Expanding World R 909.07 WOR

ATLASES Levi, Peter, Atlas of the Greek World R 938 LEV Oliphant, Margaret, Atlas of the Ancient World R 930 OLI

PERIODICALS THAT OFTEN CONTAIN RELEVANT ARTICLES Archeology Today (in library) National Geographic (Index – Ready Reference R 910.5 NAT) History Today (in library and on EBSCOhost)

PERIODICAL INDEXES EBSCOhost – http://www.lschs.org/library/ eLibrary – http://elibrary.bigchalk.com

INTERNET WEB SITES

Britannica Online has an Internet Guide www.search.eb.com

World Book Online has an Internet Guide http://www.worldbookonline.com November 2006

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Ancient Greece 2700 - 460 BCE