A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditionsConsiders the interrelation between these different traditionsProvides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epicShows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genreCovers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral traditionThe editor and contributors are leading scholars in the fieldIncludes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events

古代史诗指南》首次对古代近东、希腊和罗马史诗进行了全面、最新的概述。它对长期存在的观点和新的视角进行了多学科的讨论。近东、希腊和罗马史诗传统指南考虑到这些不同传统之间的相互关系对史诗研究中长期存在的观点和较新的视角进行了平衡的概述说明过去四十年来的学术研究如何改变了我们构思和理解这一体裁的方式涵盖最近引入的主题。编辑和撰稿人都是该领域的领先学者。包括一个详细的诗歌、诗人、技术术语以及重要人物和事件的索引。