Achilles

Auteur

David Leitao earned his MA and PhD in Classics at the University of Michigan. He has published widely on Greek mythology and religion, including a book entitled The Pregnant Male: Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature. He taught for many years at San Francisco State University, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Classics.

Jonathan S. Burgess has a BA in American Studies, an MA in Classical Studies and Literature and a PhD in Classical Studies. Since 1995 he has taught at the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. His major publications are The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and the Epic Cycle, The Death and Afterlife of Achilles, and Homer.

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Featuring the full Flame Tree treatment, with new stories from open submissions alongside the classic stories and fascinating background, this gorgeous new book reveals the man behind the myth of Achilles, the great warrior of the Trojan War in Ancient times, whose exploits and famously weak heel have been subjected to the norms of epic literature.