This text translates into English ten articles and extracts from books about Homer written in German over the past 50 years. These works cover such topics as similes, the end of the Odyssey, the meeting of Hector and Andromache, ring-composition, the Telemachy, and Homeric social life.
Many English-speaking readers with a love of Homer will not be familiar with the influential work of German scholars in the field. In this book, ten important German articles and extracts from books are translated into English for the first time, with an Introduction that takes their arguments forward.
Many English-speaking readers with a love of Homer will not be familiar with the influential work of German scholars in the field. In this book, ten important German articles and extracts from books are translated into English for the first time, with an Introduction that takes their arguments forward.