Ancient Scholia to Homer''s Iliad: Volume 1, Books 1-2 - A Translation

"This is the first English translation of the ancient scholia to the Iliad, the richest and most extensive collection of ancient criticism on the most widely read poem in Greco-Roman antiquity. It will be of value to anyone interested in discovering how ancient readers discussed and responded to the Iliad"--

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Book 1; Book 2; Appendix 1: Pap. I (¿ Il. 2.397-865), P. Hawara (2nd c. CE); Appendix 2: Pap. II (¿ Il. 2.751-827), P. Oxy. 8.1086 (1st c. BCE); Glossary of Ancient Scholars; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Passages.

About the author

BILL BECK is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington and co-editor of The Ancient Scholia to Homer's Iliad: Exegesis and Interpretation (2021). His research has been supported by the US-UK Fulbright Commission, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the Fondation Hardt, the Institute of Advanced Study at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bill Beck (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009547383
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0954738-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient Greek and Roman literature