The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad investigates each of the Iliad's twenty-four books, proceeding in order from book 1 to book 24 and devoting one chapter to each one. Contributors summarize the plot of a book and then explore its themes and poetics, providing both close readings of individual passages and synthetic reviews of current scholarship. This format allows readers to study the poem in the same manner in which they read it: book by book. Differing from other introductions to the Iliad that comprise chapters on specific topics and themes, the volume offers accessible and actionable discussions of concepts pertinent to each book of the poem. Differing from other introductory volumes that are written by a single author, this volume allows for a polyphony of critical voices and showcases the diversity of approaches to the Iliad. Finally, differing from commentaries keyed to the Greek text, this volume is completely accessible to those who do not read Homeric Greek. These features make the volume an essential resource for those studying the Iliad in translation and in the original Greek, for those in classical studies and in other disciplines, and for teachers and students, both those at the undergraduate level and those at the graduate level.

Autorentext

Jonathan L. Ready is a professor of classical studies at the University of Michigan. He has also taught at the University of Miami and at Indiana University. He has published four monographs on Homeric poetry, three with Oxford, and co-edited Homer in Performance: Rhapsodes, Narrators, and Characters (2018).

Klappentext

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad makes learning about this foundational epic easier than ever, investigating each of its 24 books in order, devoting one chapter to each book. Chapters summarize a books' plot, then investigate its themes and poetics, providing close readings of individual passages and reviews of current scholarship.

Zusammenfassung
The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad makes learning about this foundational epic easier than ever, investigating each of its 24 books in order, devoting one chapter to each book. Chapters summarize a books' plot, then investigate its themes and poetics, providing close readings of individual passages and reviews of current scholarship.

Inhalt

• Foreword

• Introduction

• Book 1

• Book 2

• Book 3

• Book 4

• Book 5

• Book 6

• Book 7

• Book 8

• Book 9

• Book 10

• Book 11

• Book 12

• Book 13

• Book 14

• Book 15

• Book 16

• Book 17

• Book 18

• Book 19

• Book 20

• Book 21

• Book 22

• Book 23

• Book 24

• Works Cited

• Index of Terms

• About the Contributors