Homer: Iliad I

This edition of Iliad I provides an admirable introduction to a first reading of Homer. The book deals with the origin of Achilles'' wrath which gives rise to the poem''s main plot, which introduces principal characters such as Odysseus and Nestor and adumbrates the role the gods are to play in the story. This edition provides text with notes on facing pages, an introduction to Homer''s poetry, bibliography, vocabulary, glossary of proper names and short appendices on Homeric dialect forms, prepositional usages, formulaic composition and the dactylic hexameter - everything needed by the student tackling Homeric epic for the first time.>

Sommario

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Text with Facinq Notes
Appendices
1 Some Basic Homeric Forms
2 Prepositional Usaqes
3 Formulae
4 Metre and Scansion
Vocabulary
Proper Names

Info autore

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J. A. Harrison, Homer
• Con la collaborazione di: J. Harrison (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1991
• EAN: 9780862920234
• ISBN: 978-0-86292-023-4
• Pagine: 104
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Greek Texts
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Altro; Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary essays, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval