The main focus of the commentary on book 24 of the Iliad is the interpretation of one of the most exciting and moving scenes in the epic: how the Trojan King, Priam, makes his way to his deadly enemy Achilles, at whose hands his son Hector had died; how the god Hermes guides him almost mystically into the Greek camp; how Achilles, at the end of an emotional encounter, invites Priam to dine with him and hands over Hector's body for burial.
- ISBN10 1501504401
- ISBN13 9781501504402
- Publish Date 11 January 2017 (first published 31 July 2015)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Publish Country US
- Imprint De Gruyter
- Pages 334
- Language English