Homer, Odyssey I - Edited With an Introduction, Translation, Commentary, and Glossary

Offering the first full-length commentary on Odyssey I in English since the 1980s, this new edition with facing translation aims to offer students an accessible yet authoritative introduction to the history and style of Homeric epic alongside detailed philological and linguistic analysis that will be of equal use to advanced scholars.

List of contents

• Frontmatter


• Abbreviations


• Maps


• Introduction


• The Appeal of the Odyssey


• Structure


• Style


• The World of the Odyssey


• Origins


• Transmission


• Metre


• Dialect and Grammar


• Text and Translation


• Commentary


• Endmatter


• Bibliography


• Vocabulary


• Glossary of Technical Terms


• General Index


• Index of Greek Words

About the author

Simon Pulleyn read Classics at Oxford in the 1980s and stayed on to write his doctoral thesis on prayer in Ancient Greek religion. He taught Latin and Greek at Oxford for most of the 1990s, at the end of which he trained as a lawyer. After a longish spell as a solicitor in the City of London, he taught law for a few years before deciding to give himself over to full-time research and writing. He has published numerous articles and reviews in learned journals, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.

Summary

Offering the first full-length commentary on Odyssey I in English since the 1980s, this new edition with facing translation aims to offer students an accessible yet authoritative introduction to the history and style of Homeric epic alongside detailed philological and linguistic analysis that will be of equal use to advanced scholars.

Additional text

It is a pleasure to welcome this new commentary on Odyssey 1 . . . a wholly admirable edition.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Pulleyn, Simon (Independent Scholar Pulleyn, Pulleyn Simon
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780198788805
• ISBN: 978-0-19-878880-5
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts