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The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 5, Books 17-20

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 5, Books 17-20
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Mark W. Edwards
General editor G. S. Kirk
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:376
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 154
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
ISBN/Barcode 9780521312080
ClassificationsDewey:883.01
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 3 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 25 October 1991
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the fifth volume in the major six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad now being prepared under the general- editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. Volume I was published in 1985, Volume II in 1990; both were edited by Professor Kirk himself. Like its predecessors, the present volume (the first to appear from the hand of one of Professor Kirk's four collaborators) consists of four introductory essays (including discussions of similes and other features of narrative style) followed by the Commentary. The Greek text is not included. This project is the first large-scale commentary on The Iliad, for nearly one hundred years, and takes special account of language, style and thematic structure as well as of the complex social and cultural background to the work. The Commentary is an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature, and archaeologists and historians will also find that it contains matters of relevance to them.

Reviews

"Edwards' model commentary, well-informed, sensible, lucidly expressed, consistently furnishes judicious and discerning appreciations of Homer's poetic methods and materials. All students of the Iliad will do well to use the Cambridge commentary, and particularly this component of it." Classical World