The Iliad: Commentary v3 Bk 9-12: Books 9-12 v. 3
Cambridge University Press
Edition: First Edition, 1/12/2008
EAN 9780521281737, ISBN10: 0521281733
Paperback, 404 pages, 22.7 x 16.1 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
This is the third volume in the major six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. It opens with two introductory chapters: the first on Homeric diction (on which emphasis is maintained throughout the Commentary); the second on the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective. In the commentary Dr Hainsworth confronts in an intentionally even-handed manner the serious problems posed by the ninth, tenth and twelfth books of The Iliad, seeking by means of a succinct discussion and a brief bibliography of recent contributions to furnish the user with a point of entry into the often voluminous scholarship devoted to these questions. The Greek text is not included.
Introduction
1. Formulas
2. The Iliad as heroic poetry
Commentary
Index.