Prolegomena
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The Prolegomena provide an introduction to the Basler Iliad commentary. The volume includes essays on the history of Iliad commentaries and the text, formulaic language and the oral tradition, grammar, meter, characters, plot and chronological structure, narrative technique, and developments in Homeric criticism, as well as an Index of Mycenaean words with brief explanations.
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"The Basel commentary series stands as a magnificent achievement in Homeric scholarship, and whatever the reservations and doubts expressed above, the English translation is a welcome addition."
Evert van Emde Boas in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.08.22
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface to the 1st Edition (2000)
- Preface to the English Edition
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction: Commenting on Homer. From the Beginnings to this Commentary (COM)
- 2. History of the Text (HT)
- 3. Formularity and Orality (FOR)
- 4. Grammar of Homeric Greek (G)
- 5. Homeric Meter (M)
- 6. Cast of Characters of the Iliad:
- Gods (CG)
- Human Beings (CH)
- 7. The Structure of the Iliad (STR)
- 8. Homeric Poetics in Keywords (P)
- 9. New Trends in Homeric Scholarship (NTHS)
- 10. Character Index
- 11. Homeric - Mycenaean Word Index (MYC)
- Bibliographic Abbreviations
