Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press London, William Heinemann, Ltd. While the introduction is mainly geared at intermediate and advanced students, the commentary is designed for use by both students and professional classicists: it offers up-to-date linguistic guidance, and elucidates narrative techniques, typical elements and central themes. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. There is a separate section on language, which provides a compact list of the most frequent Homeric characteristics. book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book 13 book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 card: lines 1-37 lines 38-76 lines 77-110 lines 111-130 lines 131-176 lines 177-223 lines 224-259 lines 260-288 lines 289-336 lines 337-366 lines 367-404 lines 405. The introduction summarises central debates in Homeric scholarship, such as the circumstances of composition and the literary interpretation of an oral poem, and offers synoptic discussions of the structure of the Iliad, the role of the narrator, similes and epithets. Book XXII recounts the climax of the Iliad: the fatal encounter between the main defender of Troy and the greatest warrior of the Greeks, which results in the death of Hector and Achilles' revenge for the death of his friend Patroclus but at the same time adumbrates Achilles' own death and the fall of Troy.
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