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Informationen zum Autor Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey , and is revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. These epics representthe beginning of the Western canon, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature. Homer is known only as theauthor of the The Iliad and The Odyssey , the two epic poems of theTrojan War and its aftermath that mark the birth of Western culture. Nothing isknown of his life. W.B. Stanford was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin and served as the twenty-second Chancellor of the University. He is perhaps best remembered for his commentaries aimed at students on Homer's Odyssey , Aristophanes' Frogs , and Sophocles' Ajax . M.M. Willcock was Professor of Classics at the University of Lancaster and subsequently Professor of Latin in University College London, UK. He edited Homer: The Iliad I-XII (Books1-12), and Homer: The Iliad Books XIII - XXIV (Books 13-24), Cicero: Select Letters , all published by Bloomsbury. Klappentext 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 annotations, indexes and bibliography.Also available: Odyssey I-XII Vorwort 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. Zusammenfassung 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 annotations, indexes and bibliography.Also available: Odyssey I-XII Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
