GERMAN

Homers Ilias Prolegomena

By Fritz Graf , Irene de Jong , René Nünlist , Magdalene Stoevesandt , Rudolf Wachter , Martin L. West , Joachim Latacz

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2009
ISBN
3110221535, 9783110221534
Language
german
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1559963 bytes)
Series
Sammlung Wissenschaftlicher Commentare
Edition
3
Pages
256\270
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The Prolegomena provide an introduction to a better understanding of Homer's text itself and the manner of commentary on it. Contents: On the history of commentaries on the Iliad (Latacz) - History of the text (West) - Formulaic language and oral tradition (Latacz) - Grammar (Wachter) - Metre (Nünlist) - Actors (Graf/Stoevesandt) - Plot and chronological structure with diagrams (Latacz) - narrative technique (de Jong/Nünlist) - Index of Mycenean words in the Iliad, with brief explanations (Wachter). The third edition has been fully re-edited and contains an up-to-date bibliography.

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