Homer: Iliad Book III

List of contents

Introduction; ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿; Commentary; Glossary.

About the author

A. M. Bowie is Emeritus Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature at Queen's College, Oxford. He has produced two other editions in the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series on books of Herodotus' Histories (Cambridge, 2007) and Homer's Odyssey (Cambridge, 2014) and has over forty years' experience teaching Latin and Greek language and literature to students at a variety of levels. He has also published widely on Indo-European and Near Eastern (Sumerian, Akkadian, Achaemenid) cultures, Indo-European linguistics, comparative literature and modern literary theory.

Summary

Book III is one of the most diverse in the Iliad. This edition discusses the historical, literary and religious backgrounds to the work and gives a full historical account of Homeric language. The commentary explores the styles of Homeric narrative as well as providing linguistic and metrical help.

Product details

• Authors: Homer
• Assisted by: A. M. Bowie (Editor), A. M. (University of Oxford) Bowie (Editor), Bowie A. M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781107698024
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69802-4
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Ancient, classical and medieval texts