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The Iliad: A Commentary (Volume VI: books 21-24)

By G. S. Kirk , Nicholas Richardson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
ISBN
0521312094, 9780521312097
Open Library ID
OL7736419M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
21 MB (22364219 bytes)
Pages
402\402
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

This is the sixth and final volume of the major Commentary on Homer's Iliad now being prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. It discusses the last four books of the poem in detail, and its main purpose is to help readers to appreciate the poetic and narrative qualities of the work. There is no other study comparable to this in scale and detail in English. The introduction also discusses the structure and main themes of the poem, its relationship to the Odyssey, and the way in which the Homeric poems were interpreted in antiquity. The Greek text is not included. This volume contains a consolidated index of the Greek words in all six volumes.

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