A Companion To The Iliad

Author : Malcolm M. Willcock
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022612584X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to The Iliad written by Malcolm M. Willcock and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those who are able to read Homer in Greek have ample recourse to commentaries, but the vast majority who read the Iliad in translation have not been so well served—the many available translations contain few, if any, notes. For these readers, Malcolm M. Willcock provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Iliad. The notes, which always relate to particular lines in the text, have as their prime aim the simple, factual explanation of things the inexperienced reader would be unlikely to have at his or her command (What is a hecatomb? Who is Atreus' son?). Second, they enhance an appreciation of the Iliad by illuminating epic style, Homer's methods of composition, the structure of the work, and the characterization of the major heroes. The "Homeric Question," concerning the origin and authorship of the Iliad, is also discussed. Professor Willcock's commentary is based on Richmond Lattimore's translation—regarded by many as the outstanding translation of the present generation—but it may be used profitably with other versions as well. This clearly written commentary, which includes an excellent select bibliography, will make one of the touchstones of Western literature accessible to a wider audience.

Author : Robert Louis Fowler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521012461
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Homer written by Robert Louis Fowler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Homer is a guide to the essential aspects of Homeric criticism and scholarship, including the reception of the poems in ancient and modern times. Written by an international team of scholars, it is intended to be the first port of call for students at all levels, with introductions to important subjects and suggestions for further exploration. Alongside traditional topics like the Homeric Question, the divine apparatus of the poems, the formulae, the characters and the archaeological background, there are detailed discussions of similes, speeches, the poet as story-teller and the genre of epic both within Greece and worldwide. The reception chapters include assessments of ancient Greek and Roman readings as well as selected modern interpretations from the eighteenth century to the present day. Chapters on Homer in English translation and Homer in the history of ideas round out the collection.

Author : James Morrison
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Homer's Odyssey written by James Morrison and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study companion to Homer's "Odyssey" containing historical and mythological background; discussion of Homeric values and the plot, themes, and literary features of each of the epic's books; a character index; and suggested activities and classroom projects.

Author : Norman Postlethwaite
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homer's Iliad written by Norman Postlethwaite and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the general reader, as well as the student of Classics, to one of the masterpieces of European literature, the Iliad of Homer, in the English translation of Richmond Lattimore. It offers the background which readers need to understand the poem's detail of story and characters, and it provides a step-by-step guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured its enduring popularity since its composition in 750 BC. The edition is designed specifically for the reader who has neither Greek nor any previous knowledge of Homer and approaches the poem as a literary text, seeking to identify the poet's techniques and to assess their effects. It can be used both as a continous reading alongside Lattimore's (or any other) translation and as a reference work for specific points of textual understanding or interpretation. There is a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography and a guide to further reading.

Author : Malcolm M. Willcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Iliad written by Malcolm M. Willcock and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malcolm M. Willcock
Publisher : Phoenix Books
ISBN 13 : 9780226898551
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Iliad written by Malcolm M. Willcock and published by Phoenix Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides supplementary line-by-line commentary to familiarize the general reader with Greek history and mythology as well as Homer's style, techniques, and poetic conventions

Author : Gareth Hinds
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 : 076368113X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Iliad written by Gareth Hinds and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a companion volume to his award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey, the incomparable graphic novelist Gareth Hinds masterfully adapts Homer’s classic wartime epic. More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer's legendary account of this nine-year ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. In this stunning graphic novel adaptation — a thoroughly researched and artfully rendered masterwork — renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer's epic. Dynamic illustrations take readers directly to the plains of Troy, into the battle itself, and lay bare the complex emotions of the men, women, and gods whose struggles fueled the war and determined its outcome. This companion volume to Hinds’s award-winning adaptation of The Odyssey features notes, maps, a cast of characters, and other tools to help readers understand all the action and drama of Homer's epic.

Author : Peter V. Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homer's Odyssey written by Peter V. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the "Odyssey." Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the "Odyssey. "His notes also enhance an appreciation of the "Odyssey "by" "illuminating epic style, Homer s methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure of the work."

Author : Walter Leaf
Publisher : London : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Iliad, for English Readers written by Walter Leaf and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1892 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leaf Walter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780243846344
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Companion to the Iliad written by Leaf Walter and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: