A commentary with an introduction that describes the features of oral poetry and discusses the history of the text of the "Odyssey."
Jones provides a line-by-line commentary that explains the many factual details, mythological allusions, and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the "Odyssey. "His notes also enhance an appreciation of the "Odyssey "by" "illuminating epic style, Homer s methods of composition, his characterization, and the structure of the work."
- ISBN10 0809315467
- ISBN13 9780809315468
- Publish Date 1 October 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 November 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English