It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Homer in Stone by David Petrain
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Tabulae Iliacae are a group of carved stone plaques created in the context of early Imperial Rome that use miniature images and text to retell stories from Greek myth and history - chief among them Homer's Iliad and the fall of Troy. In this book, Professor Petrain moves beyond the narrow focus on the literary and iconographic sources of the Tabulae that has characterized earlier scholarship. Drawing on ancient and modern theories of narrative, he explores instead how the tablets transfer the Troy saga across both medium and culture as they create a system of visual storytelling that...
Homer in Stone by David Petrain is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Homer in Stone aloud.
Homer in Stone is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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