This work is cited in the third edition of Books for College Libraries . Basing his suppositions on close readings of Homer's epics the Odyssey and Iliad , Finl... » 

This work is cited in the third edition of Books for College Libraries . Basing his suppositions on close readings of Homer's epics the Odyssey and Iliad , Finley puts forth a sociological argument that the texts, although fictions, reflected actual social realities of the times portrayed. His analysis with regard to the practice of reciprocal gift «