Track My Order
Help Centre
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
The Iliad : A Commentary - No Information Available

The Iliad

A Commentary

By: No Information Available

Paperback | 29 April 1985

At a Glance

Paperback

RRP $91.95

$83.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $20.94 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

This is the first volume of a projected six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad, under the General Editorship of professor G. S. Kirk. Professor Kirk himself is the editor of the present volume, which covers the first four Books of Iliad. It consists of four introductory chapters, dealing in particular with rhythm and formular techniques, followed by the detailed commentary which aims at helping serious readers by attempting to identify and deal with most of the difficulties which might stand in the way of a sensitive and informed response to the poem. The Catalogues in Book 2 recieve especially full treatment. The book does not include a Greek text - important matters pertaining to the text are discussed in the commentary. It is hoped that the volume as a whole will lead scholars to a better understanding of the epic style as well as of many well-known thematic problems on a larger scale. This Commentary will be an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature. Archaeologists and historians will also find that it contains matters of relevance to them.
Industry Reviews
'The two great contributions of this volume are on the one hand the account of the Catalogues in Book Two, and on the other the close and rewarding attention which is paid to questions of rhythm. Again and again Kirk brings out effects ... created by the variation of rhythm ... It is in this area that I have learnt most from this commentary, and I regard it as a major advance of the sort which, once made, must be followed by all subsequent Homerists ... All those who read Homer will find new and illuminating observations both of fine detail and on a larger scale. The complete commentary will be a valuable possession.' Jasper Griffin, The Times Literary Supplement '[Professor Kirk] demonstrates and assesses the poet's individual skill in composition, tacitly correcting the extreme Parryist view that Homer merely manipulated pre-existing formulas. This is highly original. The section of the Introduction devoted to it ... offers the best analysis of the mechanics of Homeric poetry that this reviewer has read.' M. M. Willcock, Journal of Hellenic Studies 'Kirk's chief merit as an expositor is his awareness of the subtlest nuances of poetic technique ... The introduction and commentary as a whole form an excellent companion to Books 1-4.' J. T. Booker, JACT Review

You Can Find This Book In

Non-FictionLiterature, Poetry & PlaysHistory & Criticism of LiteratureGeneral Literary StudiesClassical Literary StudiesLiterary Studies of Poetry & PoetsLanguage & LinguisticsLinguisticsAnthologies (non-poetry)Reference, Dictionaries & Guides

More in Classical Literary Studies

Discourses and Selected Writings : Penguin Classics - Epictetus

Discourses and Selected Writings

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

Paperback

RRP $41.95

$33.75

20%
OFF
The Voynich Manuscript - Raymond Clemens

The Voynich Manuscript

Hardcover

RRP $82.95

$60.75

27%
OFF
The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set - Homer

The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set

Hardcover

RRP $107.95

$75.75

30%
OFF
Orphic Collection : Loeb Classical Library - Alberto Bernabé

Orphic Collection

Loeb Classical Library

Hardcover

$70.99

The Last Days of Socrates : Penguin Classics - Plato

The Last Days of Socrates

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$20.75

10%
OFF
Beowulf : A New Verse Translation - Seamus Heaney

Beowulf

A New Verse Translation

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF
Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra : Oxford World's Classics - Sophocles

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra

Oxford World's Classics

Paperback

RRP $19.95

$15.75

21%
OFF
Theogony and Works and Days: Elegies : Penguin Classics - Hesiod

Theogony and Works and Days: Elegies

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$20.75

23%
OFF
Medea : Greek Tragedy in New Translations - Euripides

Medea

Greek Tragedy in New Translations

Paperback

RRP $27.95

$23.75

15%
OFF
An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek : 2nd Edition - No Information Available

An Independent Study Guide to Reading Greek

2nd Edition

Paperback

RRP $53.95

$46.75

13%
OFF
Reading Greek : Text and Vocabulary : 2nd Edition - Joint Association of Classical Teachers

Reading Greek

Text and Vocabulary : 2nd Edition

Paperback

RRP $57.95

$51.75

11%
OFF
The Inner Citadel : The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - Pierre Hadot

The Inner Citadel

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Paperback

RRP $61.95

$46.75

25%
OFF
The Consolation of Philosophy : Penguin Classics - Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

Penguin Classics

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

This product is categorised by