The Iliad

The second in a six-volume commentary on "The Iliad" now in preparation. Volume I was published in 1985. The book consists of four introductory essays followed by the commentary itself. The Greek text is not included. The commentary takes special account of language, style and thematic structure.

Autorentext
Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value.The importance of Homer to the ancient Greeks is described in Plato's Republic, where he is referred to as the protos didaskalos, "first teacher", of tragedy, the hegemon paideias, "leader of learning" and the one who ten Hellada pepaideuken, "has taught Greece". Homer's works, which are about fifty percent speeches, provided models in persuasive speaking and writing that were emulated throughout the ancient and medieval Greek worlds. Fragments of Homer account for nearly half of all identifiable Greek literary papyrus finds in Egypt.

Zusammenfassung
This project is the first large-scale commentary on The Iliad for nearly 100 years.

Inhalt
Intrroduction; 1. The Homeric gods: prior considerations; 2. Typical motifs and scenes; 3. The speech-element in The Iliad; 4. History and fiction in The Iliad; Commentary; Book 5; Book 6; Book 7; Book 8; Index.

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