The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24 by Nicholas Richardson

The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24 by Nicholas Richardson

This is the sixth and final volume of the major Commentary on Homer's Iliad issued under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. It consists of introductory chapters dealing with the structure and main themes of the poem, book division, the end of the Iliad in relation to the Odyssey, and the criticism and interpretation of the Homeric poems in antiquity. The commentary follows. (The Greek text is not included.) This volume contains a consolidated index of the Greek words in all six volumes. This project is the first large-scale commentary in English on the Iliad for nearly one hundred years, and takes special account of language, style, thematic structure and narrative technique, as well as of the cultural and social background to the work.

"..a welcome contribution to Homeric studies, and the series as a whole should remain a basic research tool well into the next century....remains a very useful book and an absolute 'must buy'...." S. Douglas Olson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Originally attributed to Homer because of their style and quality, the hymns are now thought to have been written by of a number of different poets of the 7th and 6th centuries BC.

Jules Cashford is a writer and lecturer on Mythology. She is the author of The Myth of the Goddess (Arkana, 1991) & The Myth of the Moon (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, forthcoming.

Dr Nicholas Richardson is a Fellow in English at Merton College, Oxford

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ISBN 13	9780521312097
ISBN 10	0521312094
Title	The Iliad: A Commentary: Volume 6, Books 21-24
Author	Nicholas Richardson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1993-02-11
Number of pages	408
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