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Synopsis
First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1948 and revised in 1958 and 1962 (with, for example, a new section on Mycenaean Greek in relation to Homer), This second volume on the Odyssey has remained the standard edition used by upper school and university students to guide their early reading of the epic. The introduction covers many of the questions that lie behind the poem, and includes a useful summary of Homeric grammar; the text is elucidated with full annotations, indexes and bibliography.
Also available: Odyssey I-XII
Synopsis
First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan'
series in 1948 and revised in 1958 and 1962 Stanford's second
volume of the "Odyssey" has remained the standard edition used by
upper school and university students to guide their early reading of
the epic.
About the Author
M.M. Willcock was Professor of Classics at the University of Lancaster and subsequently Professor of Latin in University College London, UK.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1 The Iliad
2 Twelfth century and eighth century
3 Mythology
4 The characters
5 Method of fighting
6 The gods
7 Synopsis of the last twelve books
8 Formulas and themes
9 The language of Homer
10 The Homeric hexameter
11 The text of the Iliad
12 General bibliography
TEXT
COMMENTARY
Indexes
I Greek
II English