primary literary tradition · src_homer_iliad_murray
Iliad, English Translation by A. T. Murray
Homer · 1924
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Document and modern access
- Type
- ancient epic text and translation
- Publication
- Harvard University Press
Records informed by this source
- myth interpretation Kinyras as a literary memory of Cypriot kingship and metal wealthEvidence confidence: very lowsupports · provides primary literary tradition · Iliad 11, Kinyras and Agamemnon's armour
Provides the earliest surviving literary motif.
- relationship Research record — proposed memory ofEvidence confidence: very lowsupports · provides primary literary tradition · Iliad 11, Kinyras and Agamemnon's armour
Provides the earliest surviving literary motif.
- relationship Research record — proposed memory ofEvidence confidence: very lowsupports · provides primary literary tradition · Iliad 11, Kinyras and Agamemnon's armour
Provides the earliest surviving literary motif.
- relationship Research record — proposed memory ofEvidence confidence: very lowsupports · provides primary literary tradition · Iliad 11, Kinyras and Agamemnon's armour
Provides the earliest surviving literary motif.