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Author Kelly, Adrian, 1972-

Title A referential commentary and lexicon to Iliad VIII / by Adrian Kelly.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 515 pages).
Series Oxford classical monographs
Oxford classical monographs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and indexes.
Note Print version record.
Summary Adrian Kelly shows that familiarity with the oral background of Homeric poetry is vital for a proper appreciation of Homeric narrative. He presents the kind of information a modern reader requires to become as fluent in traditional epic poetry as an original ancient audience. - ;This book aims to provide the reader of Homer with the traditional knowledge and fluency in Homeric poetry which an original ancient audience would have brought to a performance of this type of narrative. To that end, Adrian Kelly presents the text of Iliad VIII next to an apparatus referring to the traditional units born.
Subject Homer. Iliad. Book 8.
Achilles (Mythological character) -- In literature.
Homer.
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
Trojan War -- Literature and the war.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Other Form: Print version: Kelly, Adrian, 1972- Referential commentary and lexicon to Iliad VIII. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199203550 0199203555 (DLC) 2007276093 (OCoLC)71541572
ISBN 9780191568664 (electronic bk.)
019156866X (electronic bk.)
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