The Iliad
Subtitle: A Commentary (Iliad, a Commentary)
Contributors: Bryan Hainsworth (Editor); G. S. Kirk (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 26, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780521281737
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Novels, other prose & writers; Literature and the war; History and criticism; Trojan War; Ancient and Classical; Language Arts & Disciplines; Poetry; Ancient (Classical) Greek; Language; Homer; General; Homer - Iliad; Homer - Iliad Homer - Iliad; Language Arts & Disciplines-General; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / Ancient & Classical; Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature; Achilles (Greek mythology) in; Epic poetry, Greek; Iliad
First sentence: The creation of the Iliad on the assumptions that underlie this commentary is not easily described, for our knowledge of is limited and, it must be said, speculative.