Mythic Background

Authors

Erwin F. Cook, Trinity UniversityFollow

Document Type

Post-Print

Publication Date

4-2020

Abstract

This essay focuses on the influence of Indo-European and ancient Near Eastern myth on Homeric poetry. It considers the relationship between the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Iliad, and the motif of the hero’s combat with a dragon.

Editor

Corinne Ondine Pache

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

ISBN

9781107027190

Repository Citation

Cook, E. F. (2020). Mythic background. In C. O. Pache (Ed.), The Cambridge guide to Homer (pp. 62-69). Cambridge University Press.

Publication Information

The Cambridge Guide to Homer