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.
- ISBN10 1501501755
- ISBN13 9781501501753
- Publish Date 24 July 2015 (first published 19 August 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Publish Country US
- Imprint De Gruyter
- Pages 284
- Language English