Homers Ilias

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 Mycenaean words in the Iliad, with brief explanations (Wachter). The third edition has been fully re-edited and contains an up-to-date bibliography.