Table Of ContentHOMER
Ihiad
Books VIII & IX
Edited with an Introduction, Translation and Commentary
by
C.H. Wilson
Advisory Editor: Ν
HOMER
ILIAD BOOKS VUI AND ΙΧ
Edited with an Introduction, Translation & Commentary
by
Christopher H. Wilson
ARIS ἃ PHILLIPS LTD - WARMINSTER — ENGLAND
© Christopher H. Wilson 1996. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
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ISBNs 0 85668 627 1 (cloth)
0 85668 628 Χ (cloth)
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Contents
Preface Vv
Abbreviations vi
Bibliography vii
INTRODUCTION
A. Homer and the Iliad
1. The Mycenaean and Dark Ages 1
2. The Epic Cycle 2
3. Homer 4
4, Oral Poetry: Formulas and Themes 7
B. Books VIII and IX
5. Books VIII and IX and the /liad 10
6. Book VIII 12
7. Book IX 17
Basic Homeric Grammar 30
Scansion: The Homeric Hexameter 43
TEXT AND TRANSLATION
Iliad VII 50
Iliad IX 110
COMMENTARY
Iliad VII 177
Iliad IX 208
Index 251
Preface
This edition is intended primarily for students. The text is that of Allen’s 1931
edition (Oxford), with one or two small changes, all of which follow at least one of
Allen's Oxford Classical Text and Willcock's 1978 edition. There is no apparatus
criticus, but it is hoped that the grammatical and linguistic notes at the bottom of
each page of the text and translation will help to make //iad VII and IX accessible to
students who are not yet very familiar with Homer's Greek.
In anglicizing Greek proper nouns and their derivatives, I have usually
transliterated; but I have retained familiar forms such as Argive, Helen, Hellespont,
Peloponnese, and Priam.
Professor J. Griffin's Homer Iliad IX (Cambridge, 1995) was unfortunately not
available to me before I had finished my own work.
I should like to thank the General Editor of this series, Professor Malcolm
Willcock, for encouraging me to undertake this work, for the great help that he has
given me over matters both large and small and for saving me from a great number of
mistakes. There is the usual caution to be made about the errors that still remain in
my work.
Christopher H. Wilson
Tonbridge, Autumn, 1996
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Abbreviations
acc. accusative infin. infinitive
act. active intrans. intransitive
adj. adjective JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies
adv. adverb LSJ The Greek-English Lexicon of
. Liddell & Scott
AJP American Journal of Philology m. masculine
aor. aorist mid. middle
BICS Bulletin of the Institute of ms(s). manuscript(s)
Classical Studies n. neuter
cQ Classical Quarterly nom. nominative
dat. dative ὁ Od. Odyssey
fem. feminine optat. optative
fut. future part. participle
G&R Greece and Rome pass. passive
GB Grazer Beitriige perf. perfect
gen. genitive pers. person
GRBS_ Greek, Roman & Byzantine pl. plural
Studies plupf. pluperfect
ASCP Harvard Studies in Classical pres. present
Philology 5. singular
1. liad subjunc. subjunctive
imperat. imperative trans. transitive
imperf. imperfect voc. vocative
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