The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice (Greek Texts)

Christensen, Joel P./ Robinson, Erik

Bloomsbury Academic（2019/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781350124974
• DDC分類 883.01

Full Description

This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the "Battle of Frogs and Mice", a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also offers a new translation of the poem. The commentary furnishes readers with extensive linguistic and literary information so that they may investigate the problem of the poem's character and authorship on their own. A full vocabulary at the back ensures this is a one-stop shop for students reading the poem.

Contents

Introduction
a. Preface
b. Date and Authorship 1
c. Manuscript Tradition
d. Our Poem
e. The Tradition of Fable
f. Epic Parody
g. Parodic Epic
h. Homeric Language and Meter
i. Date and Authorship 2
j. A Note on Translation
k. Works Cited

Greek Text

English Translation

Commentary

Vocabulary