Homer

The Iliad

A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24
Herausgeber: Kirk, G. S.; Richardson, Nicholas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the sixth and final volume of the major Commentary on Homer's Iliad issued under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780521312097
• ISBN-10: 0521312094
• Artikelnr.: 21970607

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Structure and themes
2. Two special problems
3. Homer and his ancient critics
Commentary
Book 21
Book 22
Book 23
Book 24
General index to Volume VI
Index of Greek words for all volumes.