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The Homeric Battle of the Frogs and Mice (eBook)

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This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the "Battle of Frogs and Mice", a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also offers a new translation of the poem. The commentary furnishes readers with extensive linguistic and literary information so that they may investigate the problem of the poem's character and authorship on their own. A full vocabulary at the back ensures this is a one-stop shop for students reading the poem.

This book offers students of Greek and scholars interested in Greek literature the first English-language commentary on the "Battle of Frogs and Mice", a short animal epic ascribed to Homer in the ancient world. The book includes a contextualizing introduction covering issues of literary genre, literary history and the language of Homeric Greek. In addition to a revised Greek text, the volume also offers a new translation of the poem. The commentary furnishes readers with extensive linguistic and literary information so that they may investigate the problem of the poem's character and authorship on their own. A full vocabulary at the back ensures this is a one-stop shop for students reading the poem.

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VerlagBloomsbury eBooks UK
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Seitenangabe216 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Auflage18001 A. 1. Auflage
PlattformEPUB
AutorChristensen, Joel P. / Robinson, Erik

Über den Autor Joel P. Christensen

Joel P. Christensen is Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor for Classics at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Previously, he served as Professor of Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis University, where he also served as Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Chair of Classical Studies, and Chair of the Brandeis Faculty Senate. Joel previously taught for nine years at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include early Greek poetry, myth, and literary theory. With Elton Barker, Joel has published Homer's a Beginner's Guide (2013), Homer's Thebes (2020), The Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic (2020), Storylife: On Epic, Language, and Living Things (2025), and has recently edited The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey (2026).

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