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 0809315475
- ISBN13 9780809315475
- Publish Date 31 December 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 4
- Language English