Homer’s Iliad : : The Basel Commentary. / Prolegomena / / Stuart Douglas Olson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2015
• TeilnehmendeR: Bierl, Anton; Graf, Fritz; Jong, Irene de; Latacz, Joachim; Millis, Benjamin; Nünlist, René; Stoevesandt, Magdalene; Strack, Sara; Wachter, Rudolf; West, Martin L.
• HerausgeberIn: Olson, Stuart Douglas,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Homer’s Iliad
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface to the 1st Edition (2000) --; Preface to the English Edition --; Abbreviations --; Introduction: Commenting on Homer. From the Beginnings to this Commentary (COM) --; History of the Text (HT) --; Formularity and Orality (FOR) --; Grammar of Homeric Greek (G) --; Homeric Meter (M) --; Cast of Characters of the Iliad: Gods (CG) --; Cast of Characters of the Iliad: Human Beings (CH) --; The Structure of the Iliad (STR) --; Homeric Poetics in Keywords (P) --; New Trends in Homeric Scholarship (NTHS) --; Character Index --; Homeric – Mycenaean Word Index (MYC) --; Bibliographic Abbreviations
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501501746; 9783110700985; 9783110439687; 9783110438604
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501501746
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stuart Douglas Olson.

The Prolegomena provide an introduction to the Basler Iliad commentary. The volume includes essays on the history of Iliad commentaries and the text, formulaic language and the oral tradition, grammar, meter, characters, plot and chronological structure, narrative technique, and developments in Homeric criticism, as well as an Index of Mycenaean words with brief explanations.