Homer, the Iliad - Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01687-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 692 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 961 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics

Walter Leaf (1852-1927) was a banker and classicist, whose various positions as chairman of the Westminster Bank, founder of the London Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hellenic Society reflected his wide-ranging professional and scholarly interests. Leaf was educated at Harrow School and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1870. He became senior classic in 1874 and was elected to a fellowship the following year. As a scholar Leaf was concerned with uncovering the physical reality of the classical world, a stance which set him apart from Jane Harrison and the Cambridge Ritual School. Leaf's The Iliad, with introduction and notes, first appeared in two volumes (1886-1888), and was regarded for several decades as the best English edition of Homer's epic poem. Volume 2 of the 1902 edition comprises Leaf's preface, an introduction to books 13-24 of the poem, and the annotated text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leaf, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Editionen, Kritische Editionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prolegomena; The Iliad, books XIII-XXIV; Appendices; Indices.