Iliad Book One, Book 1Iliad I provides the commentary and student aids lacking in larger volumes of Homer's work. It contains a full Introduction designed to highlight the most important features of the text. There are sections on the Iliad and its qualities, the Homeric question, dating, oriental influences, style, gods, men, the transmission of the text, the scholia, the epic dialect, and metre. The Commentary, as well as containing material addressed to advanced readers, is also designed to be accessible to those who are new to Homer. The Greek text of Iliad I is printed with a facing English translation of a literal kind, primarily intended to help beginners to construe the Greek and there is also a full vocabulary list. |
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Contents
Linguistic Symbols | xi |
the Editor | 43 |
Select Bibliography | 64 |
Commentary | 115 |
Glossary | 278 |
| 295 | |
| 302 | |
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Common terms and phrases
According Achaeans Achilles action adjective Aeschylus Agamemnon already aorist Apollo appear argued Athene Attic beginning believe Book called Chantraine Chryses common course death denote describe divine early epic epithet example expect fact feel formula further future give given gods Greek hand heart Hephaestus Hera Homer human idea Iliad important indicative kind king language later less live look mean mention mind nature never Odyssey Olympus original Oxford parallel perhaps person phrase poem poet possible prayer present probably reading reason refer root says scene seems seen sense ships shows simply sometimes speak speech suggests taken tells Thetis things thought tradition Troy verb wants West whereas whole word Zeus δε και μεν ον ου τε
Bibliographic information
| Title | Iliad Book One, Book 1 |
| Author | Homer |
| Editor | Simon Pulleyn |
| Translated by | Simon Pulleyn |
| Compiled by | Simon Pulleyn |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0198721862, 9780198721864 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical |
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