Publisher | OUP Oxford |
ISBN 13 | 9780199203550 |
ISBN 10 | 0199203555 |
Book Description | This book aims to provide the reader of Homer with the traditional knowledge and fluency in Homeric poetry which an original ancient audience would have brought to a performance of this type of narrative. To that end, Adrian Kelly presents the text of Iliad VIII next to an apparatus referring to the traditional units being employed, and gives a brief description of their semantic impact. He describes the referential curve of the narrative in a continuous commentary, tabulates all the traditional units in a separate lexicon of Homeric structure, and examines critical decisions concerning the text in a discussion which employs the referential method as a critical criterion. Two small appendices deal with speech introduction formulae, and with the traditional |
Language | English |
Author | Adrian Kelly |
Edition Number | 2007 Printing Edition |
Publication Date | 16-May-13 |
Number of Pages | 528 |
A Referential Commentary And Lexicon To Homer, Iliad VIII hardcover english - 16-May-13