A Commentary on Homer’s Odyssey: Volume III: Books XVII-XXIV

459 Pages·1993·24.296 MB·English

by  Joseph Russo, Manuel Fernandez-Galiano, Alfred Heubeck

A COMMENTARY ON
HOMER’S ODYSSEY
VOLUME III
BOOKS XVII-XXIV
JOSEPH RUSSO
MANUEL FERNANDEZ-GALIANO
ALFRED HEUBECK
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A Commentary on Homer’s Odyssey.
‘A revised version, without text and translation, of ike first two parts
of the six-volume edition commissioned by the Fondazione Lorenzo Valia
and published by Mondadori’—
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents; v. 3. Books XVII—XXIV
Joseph Russo, Manuel Ferndndez-Galiano, Alfred Heubeck.
1. Homer, Odyssey. 2. Odysseus (Greek mythology)
in literature. I. Heubeck, Alfred,
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CONTENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS vii
BOOKS XVII-XX {Joseph Russo)
Introduction 3
Commentary 17
BOOKS XXI—XXII {ManuelFernandez-Galiano)
Introduction to Book XXI 131
Commentary on Book XXI 148
Introduction to Book XXII 207
Commentary on Book XXII 218
BOOKS XXIII-XXIV {AlfredHeubeck)
Introduction to Book XXIII 313
Commentary on Book XXIII 315
Introduction to Book XXIV 353
Commentary on Book XXIV 356
Index of Greek Words 4x9
General Index 430

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS
The abbreviations used for ancient authors correspond to those employed in
the ninth edition of Liddell and Scott, Greek—English Lexicon (LSJ) and in the
Oxford Latin Dictionary, for periodicals to those of L’Année philologique.
Editions of the, Odyssey referred to in the Commentary:
Allen T. W. Allen, Homeri Opera, iii2, iv2 (Oxford
Classical Text), Oxford, 1917, 1919.
Ameis-Hentze-Cauer Homers Odyssee f. den Schulgebrauch erklärt
von K. F. Ameis u. C. Hentze, bearbeitet von
P. Cauer, i 114, 215, π 19, 210, Leipzig, 1920, 1940,
1928, 1925.
Bérard V. Bérard, L’Odyssée, Paris, 1924—5.
Hainsworth* Omero, Odissea, libri v—viii: Introduzione, teslo e
commento a cura di J. B. Hainsworth, Fondaz-
ione Lorenzo Valla, Rome, 1982.
Heubeck* Omero, Odissea, l%bn ix-xii; xxiii—xxiv: Introduz-
ione, testa e commento a cura di Alfred Heubeck,
Fondazione Lorenzo Valia, Rome, 1983, 1987.
Hoekstra* Omero, Odissea, libri xiii-xvi: Introdnzione, teslo e
commento a cura di Arie Hoekstra, Fondazione
Lorenzo Valla, Rome, 1984.
Merry-Riddell W. W. Merry and J. Riddell, Homer's Odys­
sey; Books i—xii, Oxford, 1886.
Monro D. B. Monro, Homer’s Odyssey; Books xui—xxiv,
Oxford, 1901.
Russo* Omero, Odissea, libri xvii—xx: Introduzione, testo e
commento a cura di Joseph Russo, Fondazione
Lorenzo Valla, Rome, 1985.
Stanford W. B. Stanford, The Odyssey of Homer2, Mac­
millan, London, 1959.
van Leeuwen J. van Leeuwen, Homen Carmina, cum prolego-
menis, notis cnticis, commentaries exegeticis,
Odyssea, Leiden, 1917.
von der Mühll P. von der Mühll, Homeri Odyssea2, Basel, 1961
(Stuttgart, 1984).
S. West* Omero, Odissea, libn i—iv: Introduzione generale di
* The present volume is the third in the English edition (introductions and
commentary only); the first volume (Books i-viii) was published in 1988, and the
second (Books ix-xvi) in 1989 (both from OUP).
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S. West (coni.) Alfred Heubeck e Stephanie West, introduzione, testo
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Archaeokgia Archaeokgia Homerica: Die Denkmäler u. das früh­
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Arend, Scenen W. Arend, Die typischen Scenen bei Homer, Berlin,
1933·
Austin, Archery N. Austin, Archery at the Dark of the Moon: Poetic
Problems in Homer’s Odyssey, Berkeley—Los
Angeles, 1975.
Bechtel, Lexiologus F. Bechtel, Lexilogus zu Homer, Halle, 1914.
Beekes, Laryngeals R. S. P. Beekes, The Development of the Proto-
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Besslich, Schweigen S. Besslich, Schweigen— Verschweigen— Übergehen:
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Blass, Interpolationen F. Blass, Die Interpolationen in der Odyssee, Halle,
1904.
Bolling, Evidence G. M. Bolling, The External Evidence for Inter­
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Bona, Studi G. Bona, Studi sull’Odissea, Turin, 1966.
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Büchner, ‘Penelopeszenen’ W. Büchner, ‘Die Penelopeszenen in der
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Vlll
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-----Morphologie -----Morphologie historique du grec, Paris, 1967.
Clay, Wrath J. S. Clay, The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in
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Hölscher, Untersuchungen U. Hölscher, Untersuchungen zur Form der Odys­
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Kirchhoff, Odyssee A. Kirchhoff, Die Homerische Odyssee und ihre
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Mattes, Odysseus W. Mattes, Odysseus beiden Phäaken, Würzburg,
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-----PM G -----Poetae Melici Graeci, Oxford, 1962.
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