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NY: Basic Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2016. First Edition; 10987654321pt line. Hardcover. 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S27.99) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright..appears to be new in vinyl protector ; Gold titles on brown spine strip..black hard covers. very dark turquoise endpaper. Dust Jacket shows white marble sculpture , inner dj flap shows 1x2" author photo.. ; 288 pages; Homer and the birth of epic poetry before exploring the hypnotic poetry of Pindar, Sappho, and others from the Greek dark ages. Later, in Athens's classical age, Jenkyns shows the radical nature of Sophocles's choice to portray Ajax as a psychologically wounded warrior, how Aeschylus developed tragedy, and how Herodotus, in inventing history, .