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Homer's Iliad : the Basel Commentary. Book 6 / Magdalene Stoevesandt ; Joachim Latacz, Anton Bierl, Stuart Douglas Olson [English Edition].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Homers Ilias (Gesamtkommentar) ; bk. 6. | Homer's Iliad ; bk. VI.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501501760
  • 1501501763
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Homer's Iliad. Book VI.DDC classification:
  • 883/.01 23
LOC classification:
  • PA4037 .S7854 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Table of contents; Preface to the German Edition; Preface to the English Edition; Notes for the Reader; 24 Rules Relating to Homeric Language (R); Overview of the Action in Book 6; Commentary; Bibliographic Abbreviations.
Scope and content: "This commentary on the 6th book of the Iliad concentrates on the interpretation of two episodes which have received a great deal of scholarly attention: the encounter between Diomedes and Glaukos, which surprisingly ends with an exchange of weapons and not a duel, and the series of scenes 'Hector in Troy', which reveal the hero's conflicting roles as defender of the city and father of his family"--Provided by publisher.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Nov. 24, 2015).

Table of contents; Preface to the German Edition; Preface to the English Edition; Notes for the Reader; 24 Rules Relating to Homeric Language (R); Overview of the Action in Book 6; Commentary; Bibliographic Abbreviations.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This commentary on the 6th book of the Iliad concentrates on the interpretation of two episodes which have received a great deal of scholarly attention: the encounter between Diomedes and Glaukos, which surprisingly ends with an exchange of weapons and not a duel, and the series of scenes 'Hector in Troy', which reveal the hero's conflicting roles as defender of the city and father of his family"--Provided by publisher.

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