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Reading Homer
Iliad Books 16 and 18

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Part of Reading Greek

    • Date Published: November 2022
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    • isbn: 9781009301770

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    • Reading Homer presents two highlights of the Iliad: Book 16, where Patroclus fights and dies, and Book 18, where Achilles grieves for him and is awarded new armour before he returns to battle. It enables students who have been learning Greek for perhaps a year to approach Homer for the first time, and to have the satisfaction of reading two whole books in the original language. Full and detailed help is given with vocabulary, accidence and syntax. Homeric forms are introduced and set alongside Attic ones, enabling students to consolidate their existing knowledge at the same time as extending it. The Introduction and notes enable students to see these two books in the context of the whole epic, and the epic itself in the context of early Greek society. They also encourage students to consider why the Greeks themselves regarded Homer as the master poet.

      • Provides a lot of detailed help to students approaching the Iliad for the first time in order to give them the ability to read these books and others with confidence
      • Explains the differences between Homeric and Attic Greek in the Introduction and notes so that students become familiar with Homeric forms and idioms
      • Explains all declensions and conjugations likely to cause difficulty so that students can consolidate their knowledge of Greek and tackle other authors with confidence
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      '… an excellent introduction to the beauties and complexity of the Iliad to students at an advanced secondary or university level.' Miklós Péti, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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      • Date Published: November 2022
      • format: Adobe eBook Reader
      • isbn: 9781009301770
      • availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    • Table of Contents

      List of illustrations
      Preface
      List of abbreviations
      Notes for the reader
      Introduction: A. Homer and the Iliad
      B. The story of the Iliad
      C. Reading Homer
      D. Homer's language
      E. Metre
      Select bibliography
      Iliad Book 16
      Iliad Book 18
      Vocabulary
      Grammar index.

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      Joint Association of Classical Teachers' Greek Course

      Editor (Introduction and Notes)

      Stephen Anderson, New College, Oxford
      STEPHEN ANDERSON is a Lecturer in Classics at New College Oxford, having formerly been Head of Classics at Winchester College. He is the co-author of Greek Unseen Translation (2005) and Writing Greek (2010).

      Keith Maclennan, Rugby School, Warwickshire
      KEITH MACLENNAN was Head of Classics at Rugby School. He published editions of Virgil's Aeneid Books 1, 4, 6 and 8 (2003-2010), and co-authored another of Plautus' Aulularia (2016).

      Naoko Yamagata, The Open University, Milton Keynes
      NAOKO YAMAGATA is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. She is the author of Homeric Morality (1994).

      General Editor

      John Taylor, University of Manchester
      JOHN TAYLOR, one of the Series Editors for Reading Greek, is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester, having formerly been Head of Classics at Tonbridge School. He is the author of numerous textbooks aimed at high-school students studying Greek and Latin and also contributed the volumes New Testament Greek: A Reader (2001) and A Greek Anthology (2002) to the Reading Greek series.

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