Myth in Homer: A Handbook
- ISBN-10
- 0963451618
- ISBN-13
- 9780963451613
- Category
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- Pages
- 89
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Author
- Lowell Edmunds
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