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The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice

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The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice

Description

This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the “Battle of Frogs and Mice”, a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also offers a new translation of the poem. The commentary furnishes readers with extensive linguistic and literary information so that they may investigate the problem of the poem's character and authorship on their own. A full vocabulary at the back ensures this is a one-stop shop for students reading the poem.

Table of Contents

Introduction
a. Preface
b. Date and Authorship 1
c. Manuscript Tradition
d. Our Poem
e. The Tradition of Fable
f. Epic Parody
g. Parodic Epic
h. Homeric Language and Meter
i. Date and Authorship 2
j. A Note on Translation
k. Works Cited

Greek Text

English Translation


Commentary


Vocabulary

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Feb 08 2018
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 216
ISBN 9781350035966
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Greek Texts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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