Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca (Record no. 20791)
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| fixed length control field | 01993nam a2200169 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2005008391 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521853576 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 58789192 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PA4167 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 883.01 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Robert Bittlestone |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Odysseus Unbound: The Search for Homer's Ithaca |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 618 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Where is the Ithaca described in such detail in Homer's Odyssey? The mystery has baffled scholars for over two millennia, particularly because Homer's descriptions bear little resemblance to the modern island called Ithaki. This highly illustrated book tells the extraordinary story of the exciting recent discovery of the true location of Homer's Ithaca by following a detective trail of literary, geological and archaeological clues. We can now identify all the places on the island that are mentioned in the epic--even the site of Odysseus' palace itself. The pages of the Odyssey come alive as we follow its events through a landscape that opens up before our eyes via glorious color photographs and 3-D satellite images. Over a century after Schliemann's discovery of Troy, the information in this groundbreaking volume will revolutionize our understanding of Homer's text and of our cultural ancestors in Bronze Age Greece. Robert Bittlestone was educated in classics and science before reading economics at the University of Cambridge. He is the founder of Metapraxis Ltd., a company specializing in the detection of early warnings for multinational companies. Bittlestone is the author of many articles about the importance of visualization and has applied these principles to the enigma described in this book. James Diggle is Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens' College. John Underhill is Chair of Stratigraphy at the University of Edinburgh and Associate Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University. |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 883.01 BITT | 46705 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |