Porphyry's Homeric Questions on the Iliad: Text, Translation, Commentary

Porphyry's Homeric Questions on the Iliad: Text, Translation, Commentary

Homer -- Criticism, Textual
Homer. Iliad
Porphyry, ca. 234-ca. 305. Questiones Homericae
Greek poetry -- History and criticism

The Homeric Questions 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 the Questions on the Iliad 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.

Porphyry

New York : De Gruyter

by John A. MacPhail Jr

Series: Texte und kommentare. Eine altertumswissenschaftliche reihe ; Bd. 36

Front matter; Table of Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations and Sigla; Text and Translation; Epitomai; Back matter

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