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The Iliad: A Commentary, Volume 3: Books 9-12
Author: Geoffrey Stephen Kirk
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The six-volume Commentary on Homers Iliad prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk is complete with the publication of this volume. It opens with two introductory chapters the first on Homeric diction, the second on the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective. In the commentary Dr. Hainsworth confronts the serious problems posed by the ninth, tenth and twelfth books of the Iliad. The Greek text is not included.Review...extraordinary new study of Books 13-16....Janko clearly knows the Iliad (and, indeed, all early Greek poetry) inside and out, and has one interesting and insightful thing after another to say about it. This is thus an extremely important book.... S. Douglas Olson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Book DescriptionThe publication of the third volume in the Commentary on the Iliad completes the six-volume project. Two introductory chapters cover Homeric diction as well as the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective.
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The six-volume Commentary on Homers Iliad prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk is complete with the publication of this volume. It opens with two introductory chapters the first on Homeric diction, the second on the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective. In the commentary Dr. Hainsworth confronts the serious problems posed by the ninth, tenth and twelfth books of the Iliad. The Greek text is not included.Review...extraordinary new study of Books 13-16....Janko clearly knows the Iliad (and, indeed, all early Greek poetry) inside and out, and has one interesting and insightful thing after another to say about it. This is thus an extremely important book.... S. Douglas Olson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Book DescriptionThe publication of the third volume in the Commentary on the Iliad completes the six-volume project. Two introductory chapters cover Homeric diction as well as the contributions that comparative studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective.
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