Reading Homer's "Iliad" is a book-by-book commentary on the epic's major themes, meant to inform students new to the work. Endnotes elaborate on myths Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume includes a general bibliography, in addition to bibliographies accompanying each book's commentary.
Reading Homer's "Iliad" is a book-by-book commentary on the epic's major themes, meant to inform students new to the work. Endnotes elaborate on myths Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume includes a general bibliography, in addition to bibliographies accompanying each book's commentary.
Kostas Myrsiades, professor emeritus of Greek and comparative literature at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, is a distinguished translator and Hellenist and the recipient of the Gold Medallion (1995) from Greece's Hellenic Society of Translators of Literature. He is the author and/or translator of 22 books, articles, and invited lectures on Greek literature and culture, including Reading Homer's "Odyssey" (Bucknell University Press). For twenty-two years (1990-2012) he edited College Literature, a quarterly of literary criticism and theory.
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List of Illustrations Introduction: The Poem, the Poet, and the Myth 1 Achilles' Wrath Exposed: Il. 1 (Days One to Twenty-One) Book 1 2 The First Battle: Il. 2-7 (Days Twenty-Two to Twenty-Four) Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 3 The Second Battle: Il. 8-10 (Day Twenty-Five) Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 4 The Third Battle: Il. 11-18 (Day Twenty-Six) Book 11 Book 12 Book 13 Book 14 Book 15 Book 16 Book 17 Book 18 5 The Fourth Battle: Il. 19-23 (Day Twenty-Seven) Book 19 Book 20 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 6 Achilles' Wrath Concluded: Il. 24 (Days Twenty-Eight to Fifty-Three) Book 24 Appendix A: Days Covered by the Iliad Narrative Appendix B: Character Names in the Iliad Appendix C: Place-Names in the Iliad Appendix D: Greek Terms Cited Acknowledgments Notes General Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Introduction: The Poem, the Poet, and the Myth 1 Achilles' Wrath Exposed: Il. 1 (Days One to Twenty-One) Book 1 2 The First Battle: Il. 2-7 (Days Twenty-Two to Twenty-Four) Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Book 7 3 The Second Battle: Il. 8-10 (Day Twenty-Five) Book 8 Book 9 Book 10 4 The Third Battle: Il. 11-18 (Day Twenty-Six) Book 11 Book 12 Book 13 Book 14 Book 15 Book 16 Book 17 Book 18 5 The Fourth Battle: Il. 19-23 (Day Twenty-Seven) Book 19 Book 20 Book 21 Book 22 Book 23 6 Achilles' Wrath Concluded: Il. 24 (Days Twenty-Eight to Fifty-Three) Book 24 Appendix A: Days Covered by the Iliad Narrative Appendix B: Character Names in the Iliad Appendix C: Place-Names in the Iliad Appendix D: Greek Terms Cited Acknowledgments Notes General Bibliography Index
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