The Iliad
Subtitle: A Commentary (Iliad)
Contributors: Mark W. Edwards (Editor); G. S. Kirk (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 25, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780521312080
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Literature and the war; History and criticism; Trojan War; Ancient and Classical; Language Arts & Disciplines; Poetry; Language; Homer; General; Homer - Iliad; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Literary Criticism-Ancient and Classical; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature; Achilles (Greek mythology) in; Epic poetry, Greek; Iliad
First sentence: The word 'theme' has been used to cover several different types of compositional patterns in Homer which are as fundamental for the structure of the poems as the verbal formulae are for the verse.