"Ancient Epic" offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics - Homer's" Iliad" and "Odyssey," Vergil's "Aeneid," Ovid's "Metamorphoses," and Apollonius of Rhodes' "Agonautica." Provides an accessible introduction to the ancient epic Offers interpretive analyses of poems within a comprehensive historical context Includes a detailed timeline, suggestions for further readings, and an appendix of the Olympian gods and their Akkadian counterparts