A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the Odyssey. Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Odyssey. His notes also enhance an appreciation of the Odyssey by illuminating epic style, Homer's methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure ...
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A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the Odyssey. Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Odyssey. His notes also enhance an appreciation of the Odyssey by illuminating epic style, Homer's methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure of the work.
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Very Good. Softcovers. xiv+ 235 pp. with index, maps at rear. Very goodsmall previous owner label top corner of first blank. A commnetary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the Odyssey. Jones provides a line by line commentary that explains many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions, Homer's methods of composition and characterization. The commentary is base don Richmond Lattimore's renowned translatioin of the work.
