CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION
Basic Homeric Grammar
PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Bibliography
This new edition is produced with particular concern for the student coming to Homer for the first time. The text is given with facing translation and commentary, but the usual apparatus criticus at the bottom of each page is replaced by brief notes on Homeric language. This makes the text considerably more accessible for those without Homeric Greek. These notes are cross-referenced to an introduction on Homeric language for those meeting it for the first time. Textual matters are discussed in the commentary itself, though this is, as is usual in the series, mainly concerned with the meaning of the epic.
Dr P.V. Jones was Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has written a previous commentary on Homer and was well known as a battler for the place of classics in the modern curriculum.
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Preface INTRODUCTION Basic Homeric Grammar PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION COMMENTARY Bibliography |
SOME COMMENTS BY REVIEWERS
"Intended for students and will prove invaluable
to them, particularly those new to Homer ... most useful of all
is the wealth of grammatical and dialectical help which replaces
the apparatus criticus at the foot of the page ... we have a fine
edition which will serve most admirably its intended users."
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RELATED BOOKS
See under HOMER in this series.