A commentary on Homer's Odyssey

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A commentary on Homer's Odyssey

Alfred Heubeck, Stephanie West, J.B. Hainsworth

（Clarendon paperbacks）

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1990, c1988-1992

  • v. 1 : pbk
  • v. 2 : pbk
  • v. 3 : pbk

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Vol. 2 by Alfred Heubeck, Arie Hoekstra

Vol. 3 by Joseph Russo, Manuel Fernandez-Galino, Alfred Heubeck

Includes indexes

Contents: v. 1. Introduction and Books I-VIII -- v. 2. Books IX-XVI -- v. 3. Books XVII-XXIV

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Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780198147473

Description

This is the first instalment of a three-volume commentary in English, compiled by an international team of scholars and first published in Italian under the auspices of the Fondazione Lorenzo Valla. In this volume the commentary by West (Books I-IV) and Hainsworth (Books V-VIII) is preceded by an introduction which discusses previous research on the Odyssey, the nature of the poem and its relation to the Iliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text. Book VI is a regular GCSE set text.
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v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9780198149538

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Now available in paperback, this is the final instalment of a three-volume presentation in English of a commentary on Homer's Odyssey compiled by an international team of scholars and published in Italian under the auspices of the Fondazione Lorenzo Valla. In this volume the commentary by Russo (books xvii-xx), Fernandez-Galiano (books xxi-xxii), and Huebeck (books xxiii-xxiv) is preceded by introductions dealing with the books in question. For this English version the introduction and commentary have been thoroughly revised and adapted to the text of T. W. Allen in the Oxford Classical Texts series. There is also a consolidated index at the end of this volume.
Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780198721444

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In the second volume, the commentaries by Heubeck (Books IX-XII) and Hoekstra (Books XIII-XVI) are both preceded by introductions, with Hoekstra paying special attention to diction in the Odyssey and the tradition of epic diction in general. The introductions and commentary have been thoroughly revised and adapted to the text of T. W. Allen in the Oxford Classical Text series.

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