- 6 x 9.
- 200pp.
- 5 B&W photographs.
- Hardcover
- 2002
- Available
- 978-0-472-09792-0
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- $75.00 U.S.
- Paper
- 2002
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- 978-0-472-06792-3
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Homer's Iliad has captivated readers and influenced writers and artists for over two-and-a-half millennia. Here is a user-friendly students' edition of Book 1, providing Greek text, extensive notes, a complete glossary, and an extensive introduction to Homer and his epic work.
P. A. Draper presents Homer's text with copious annotations on vocabulary, grammar, meter, historical and mythological allusions, and literary interpretation. The introduction discusses the questions of Homer's identity and his method of composition, the historicity of the Iliad, the transmission of the poem through the centuries, and the plot of the entire poem.
Readers in high school, undergraduate students of Homeric or epic Greek, and graduate students will find this book on reading list requirements. It will be of significance to anyone interested in maintaining Greek reading skills.