The Iliad: A Commentary
- ISBN-10
- 0521281733
- ISBN-13
- 9780521281737
- Series
- The Iliad
- Category
- Greek poetry
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Bryan Hainsworth
Description
Its culmination is the tremendous epic moment of Hektor standing in the open gate , a moment towards which the poet is hastening ... Van Thiel posits a ' Mauergedicht which provided much material for what is now books 12-15 The episodes ...
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