Homer: Odyssey XIII-XXIV
First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1948 and revised in 1958 and 1962 (with, for example, a new section on Mycenaean Greek in relation to Homer), This second volume on the Odyssey has remained the standard edition used by upper school and university students to guide their early reading of the epic. The introduction covers many of the questions that lie behind the poem, and includes a useful summary of Homeric grammar; the text is elucidated with full...
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Greek text with English introduction and commentary. Biography Ancient Greek poet Homer established the gold standard for heroic quests and sweeping journeys with his pair of classic epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey.
List of illustrations Preface Introduction\ 1 The Iliad\ 2 Twelfth century and eighth century\ 3 Mythology\ 4 The characters\ 5 Method of fighting\ 6 The gods\ 7 Synopsis of the last twelve books\ 8 Formulas and themes\ 9 The language of Homer\ 10 The Homeric hexameter\ 11 The text of the Iliad\ 12 General bibliography TEXT COMMENTARY Indexes I Greek II English
