Homer’s Iliad, Book 19Since Ameis-Hentze-Cauer (1868-1913) no comprehensive, scholarly commentary of Homer’s Iliad has been published in German. In the meantime considerable progress has been made in many traditional areas of Homeric studies (language, realia, structure etc.). In addition, generally acknowledged new fields such as narratology have been systematically studied. Furthermore, the knowledge of the Mycenaean language (Linear B) and oral poetry provide completely new possibilities of textual constitution and analysis. Using the old Ameis-Hentze-Cauer as a starting point, the new commentary reflects the current scholarship on Homer in a comprehensive way. As a new standard work, the “Basel Commentary” of the Iliad has received considerable recognition among scholars worldwide. The fresh concept in terms of content and form serves the needs of different groups of users. The commentary primarily aims at students and academic teachers (at schools and universities), not only of Classics but also of cultural and literary studies as well as of humanities in general. |
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1st VH 2nd VH 3rd sing Achaians Achilleus action addition adverbial Agamemnon anaphoric anaphoric demonstrative armor Bakker battle BEEKES s.v. bibliography Briseïs caesura CHANTR clause commentary contrast death declension DELG denotes divine early epic EDWARDS elsewhere emphasizes enjambment Epic Cycle epithet ERBSE Erinyes etymology Eurystheus FAESI FRISK gifts gods Greek h.Ap HAINSWORTH hapax Hektor Hephaistos Hera Herakles hiatus Homer horses Iliad impf inflectible VE formula iterata JANKO Joachim Latacz JONG lament lance LATACZ LEAF Lfgre s.v. Lfgres.v likewise LOHMANN LſgrB LſgrE meaning metonymy military assembly motif mourning narrator oath Odysseus Patroklos Peleus phrase post-Homeric present passage pronoun prosody quarrel reference RISCH RUIJGH scene schol SCHW so-called tnesis speech capping speech introduction ſtep subjunc thematic Thetis tion transl Trojans uncontracted form variant VE formula verb verse warriors WB formula WEST WICKERT-MICKNAT WILLCOCK word Zeus