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Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.: Homer: Iliad Book I by Seth L. Schein (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101108412963

ISBN-139781108412964

eBay Product ID (ePID)10057261126

Product Key Features

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHomer: Iliad Book I

Publication Year2022

SubjectAncient / General, Linguistics / General

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History

AuthorSeth L. Schein

SeriesCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2021-063106

Reviews'... it will benefit all who consult it. Reading it, one feels confident of being in the sure hands of scholar who has thought deeply about the poem over a long career. The edition's rich scholarship, full and careful treatment of myriad issues, thoughtful judgments, and attention to both the small items and the big picture open up the marvels of the Iliad. For decades to come it will prove a valuable companion for anyone reading the poem's opening book.' Michael Halleran, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal883.01

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

Table Of ContentIntroduction; A note on the text and apparatus criticus; ILIAD 1 (( ); Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.

SynopsisBook I of the Iliad marks the beginning of the first surviving work of Greek literature. This edition with commentary enables readers at all levels to interpret the poetry with heightened pleasure and understanding. It provides help with the morphology, grammar, and syntax of Homeric Greek, situates the poem in its historical and poetic contexts, and elucidates its traditional language, meter, rhetoric, and style, as well as its distinctive transformation of traditional mythology and narrative motifs in accordance with its own interests, values, and poetic purposes. It also addresses the programmatic contrast in Book I between gods and humans; the characterization of both major and minor figures; and the thematic significance in Book I and the poem generally of the representation of social, cultural, religious, and ethical institutions and values. Fully accessible to undergraduates and graduate students, this edition also contains much of value for the scholar., An edition, fully accessible to undergraduates and graduate students, of the opening book of Homer's Iliad. Provides extensive help with language, meter, and style while also situating the poem in its historical and poetic contexts and helping readers to appreciate it as literature.

LC Classification NumberPA4020.P1 2022