More than Homer Knew – Studies on Homer and His Ancient Commentators

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More than Homer Knew – Studies on Homer and His Ancient Commentators is written by Antonios Rengakos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 311069591X (ISBN 10) and 9783110695915 (ISBN 13).

This book contains a collection of twenty-one essays in honour of Professor Franco Montanari by eminent specialists on Homer, ancient Homeric scholarship, and the reception of the Homeric Epics in both ancient and modern times. It covers a wide range of important subjects, including neoanalysis and oral poetry, the Doloneia, the Homeric scholia, the theoretical premises of Aristarchean scholarship, and Homer in Sappho, Pindar, Comedy, Plato, and Hellenistic Poetry. As a whole, the contributions demonstrate the vitality of modern scholarship on Homeric poetry.