The Iliad: A Commentary
, by Edited by Bryan Hainsworth , General editor G. S. KirkNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521281737 | 0521281733
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/26/1993
This is the third volume in the major six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. It opens with two introductory chapters: the first on Homeric diction (on which emphasis is maintained throughout the Commentary); the second on the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective. In the commentary Dr Hainsworth confronts in an intentionally even-handed manner the serious problems posed by the ninth, tenth and twelfth books of The Iliad, seeking by means of a succinct discussion and a brief bibliography of recent contributions to furnish the user with a point of entry into the often voluminous scholarship devoted to these questions. The Greek text is not included.