Provides a book-by-book commentary on the The Iliadâ s 24 parts. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the Iliad.
Provides a book-by-book commentary on the The Iliadâ s 24 parts. Endnotes clarify and elaborate on myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the Iliad.
Kostas Myrsiades, professor emeritus of Greek and comparative literature at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, is a distinguished translator and Hellenist and the recipient of the Gold Medallion (1995) from Greece's Hellenic Society of Translators of Literature. He is the author and/or translator of 22 books, articles, and invited lectures on Greek literature and culture, including Reading Homer's "Odyssey" (Bucknell University Press). For twenty-two years (1990-2012) he edited College Literature, a quarterly of literary criticism and theory.
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List of Illustrations Introduction: The Poem, the Poet, and the Myth 1 Achilles' Wrath Exposed: Il. 1 (Days One to Twenty-One) Book 1 2 The First Battle: Il. 2-7 (Days Twenty-Two to Twenty-Four) Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 3 The Second Battle: Il. 8-10 (Day Twenty-Five) Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 4 The Third Battle: Il. 11-18 (Day Twenty-Six) Book 11 Book 12 Book 13 Book 14 Book 15 Book 16 Book 17 Book 18 5 The Fourth Battle: Il. 19-23 (Day Twenty-Seven) Book 19 Book 20 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 6 Achilles' Wrath Concluded: Il. 24 (Days Twenty-Eight to Fifty-Three) Book 24 Appendix A: Days Covered by the Iliad Narrative Appendix B: Character Names in the Iliad Appendix C: Place-Names in the Iliad Appendix D: Greek Terms Cited Acknowledgments Notes General Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Introduction: The Poem, the Poet, and the Myth 1 Achilles' Wrath Exposed: Il. 1 (Days One to Twenty-One) Book 1 2 The First Battle: Il. 2-7 (Days Twenty-Two to Twenty-Four) Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 3 The Second Battle: Il. 8-10 (Day Twenty-Five) Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 4 The Third Battle: Il. 11-18 (Day Twenty-Six) Book 11 Book 12 Book 13 Book 14 Book 15 Book 16 Book 17 Book 18 5 The Fourth Battle: Il. 19-23 (Day Twenty-Seven) Book 19 Book 20 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 6 Achilles' Wrath Concluded: Il. 24 (Days Twenty-Eight to Fifty-Three) Book 24 Appendix A: Days Covered by the Iliad Narrative Appendix B: Character Names in the Iliad Appendix C: Place-Names in the Iliad Appendix D: Greek Terms Cited Acknowledgments Notes General Bibliography Index
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