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Homer - (Greek Texts) 2nd Edition by W Stanford & Homer (Paperback)

Homer - (Greek Texts) 2nd Edition by  W Stanford & Homer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1947 and substantially updated in 1959 Stanford's Odyssey - of which<br>this is the first of two volumes - has remained the standard edition<br>used in upper school and by university students to guide their early<br>reading of Homer.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>First published in the outstanding and long-running 'red Macmillan' series in 1947 and substantially updated in 1959 (with, for example, sections on the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean world), Stanford's <i>Odyssey</i> - of which this is the first of two volumes - has remained the standard edition used in upper school and by university students to guide their early reading of Homer. A substantial introduction covers many of the questions that lie behind the poem, including a thorough summary of Homeric grammar; the text is elucidated with full annotations, indexes and bibliography.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>W.B. Stanford</b> was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College, Dublin and served as the twenty-second Chancellor of the University. He is perhaps best remembered for his commentaries aimed at students on Homer's <i>Odyssey</i>, Aristophanes' <i>Frogs</i>, and Sophocles' <i>Ajax</i>.</p>

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