THE ILIAD: A COMMENTARY Volume I: Books 1-4

Foxing to textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Inner front gutter of book has been reinforced with cellotape. Plate has been affixed to ffep "With the author's compliments". Emails of Kirk's obituaries printed out and tipped in. Includes stapled review of Book by Willcock and signed by him. Also includes photocopied review of book by Dawe tipped in. ; This is the first volume of a six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad, under the General Editorship of professor G. S. Kirk. Professor Kirk himself is the editor of the present volume, which covers the first four Books of Iliad. It consists of four introductory chapters, dealing in particular with rhythm and formular techniques, followed by the detailed commentary which aims at helping serious readers by attempting to identify and deal with most of the difficulties which might stand in the way of a sensitive and informed response to the poem. The Catalogues in Book 2 recieve especially full treatment. The book does not include a Greek text - important matters pertaining to the text are discussed in the commentary. It is hoped that the volume as a whole will lead scholars to a better understanding of the epic style as well as of many well-known thematic problems on a larger scale. This Commentary will be an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature. Archaeologists and historians will also find that it contains matters of relevance to them. ; The Iliad: a Commentary; Vol. 1; 0.9 x 8.99 x 6.01 Inches; 448 pages