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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. At the same time it adumbrates Achilles' own death and the fall of Troy. This edition will help students and scholars better appreciate this key part of the epic poem. 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. There is a separate section on language, which provides a compact list of the most frequent Homeric characteristics. The commentary offers up-to-date linguistic guidance, and elucidates narrative techniques, typical elements and central themes.
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C A M B R I D G E G R E E K A N D L AT I N C L A S S I C S G E P. E . E Regius Professor Emeritus of Greek, University of Cambridge P H Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, and Honorary Professor of Latin, University of Cambridge R H Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge E . J. K Kennedy Professor Emeritus of Latin, University of Cambridge S . P. O Kennedy Professor of Latin, University of Cambridge HOMER ILIAD BOOK XXII I R E N E J. F. D E J O N G Professor of Ancient Greek University of Amsterdam Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, S˜ao Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/ Irene J. F. de Jong This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Homer. [Iliad. Book ] Iliad. Book XXII / Homer ; edited by Irene J. F. de Jong. p. cm. – (Cambridge Greek and Latin classics) Text in Greek; introduction and commentary in English. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - - - - (hardback) – - - - - (paperback) . Achilles (Greek mythology) – Poetry. . Trojan War – Poetry. . Homer. Iliad. Book . I. Jong, Irene J. F. de. II. Title. III. Series. . ′ . – dc - - - - Hardback - - - - Paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. CONTENTS page vii ix Preface List of abbreviations Introduction . Homer, the Homeric epics, and literary interpretation (a) Homer (b) The Homeric epics (c) The literary interpretation of an oral text . Book and the structure of the Iliad (a) Length and pace (b) The plot of the Iliad: Zeus’s will and Achilles’ anger (c) Parallels between books , , and (d) The interrelated deaths of Sarpedon, Patroclus, and Hector (e) Achilles . Narrative art and oral style (a) Narrator and narratees (b) Comparisons and similes (c) Epithets . Language, metre, and text (a) Language (b) Metre (c) Text <