: John A. MacPhail Jr.
: Porphyry's 'Homeric Questions' on the 'Iliad' Text, Translation, Commentary
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110216806
: Texte und KommentareISSN
: 1
: CHF 124.30
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: Altertum
: English
: 310
: Wasserzeichen
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

TheHomeric uestions of the philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. Porphyry applies the dictum that“the poet explains himself” to solve questions of interpretation in Homer. This new edition of theQuestions on theIliad eliminates much that was wrongly attributed to Porphyry in the old edition (1880). In the interest of the non-specialist, the new text has a facing translation in English. The commentary explains Porphyry’s arguments and the editor’s textual decisions.

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Jake A. MacPhail Jr., University of Michigan, USA.