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 Transmission of the Text and the Task | 43 |
Select Bibliography | 64 |
Text and Translation | 143 |
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Common terms and phrases
Achaeans Achilles adjective Agamemnon aorist Apollo argued Aristarchus Athene Attic Book Briseis Burkert Calchas Chantraine Chryses Cronus dative denote describe digamma divine epic epithet etymology fact formula genitive give goddess gods Greek heart Hector Hephaestus Hera heroes Hesiod Homer honour Iliad Indo-European king Kirk language M. L. West mean metrical Nestor noun Odyssey Olympus Oxford parallel Peleus perhaps phrase plague plural poem poet prayer Priam refer root sacrifice says scene scholia seems sense ships Sihler speak speech subjunctive syllable Thetis things tmesis Trojans Troy verb vowel warriors whereas word Zenodotus Zeus ἀλλ ἀλλὰ αὐτὰρ γὰρ γε δὲ δὴ ἐγὼ εἰ ἐκ ἐν εος ἐπεὶ ἐπὶ ἐς καὶ κατὰ μὲν μιν μοι νῦν οἱ ον ου οὐδ οὐδέ οὔτε παρὰ περ σὺ τὰ τε τί τὸ τοι τὸν ὡς