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A COMMENTARY ON HOMER'S ODYSSEY VOLUME II BOOKS IX-XVI ALFRED HEUBECK ARIE HOEKSTRA CLARENDON PRESS · OXFORD Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research. scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dares Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Originally published in Italian under the title Omero: Odissea © Fondazione Lorenzo Valla English edition ©Oxford University Press 1989 · First issued in Clarendon Paperbacks 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means. without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press. or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department. Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Heubeck, Alfred, 1914-1987. A commentary on Homer's Odyssey. Revised English edition of: Omero: Odissea. Vol. 2. by Alfred Heubeck. Arie Hoekstra. Contents: v. 2. Books IX-XVI. 1. Homer. Odyssey. 2. Odysseus (Greek mythology) in literature. I. Hoekstra, A. 11. West, Stephanie. Ill. Hainsworth, J. B. Uohn Bryan) N. Title. V. Title: Homer, Odyssey. PA4167.H48 1988 883'.01 87-18509 ISBN 0-19-872144-7 5 7 9 10 8 6 Printed in Great Britain on acid·free paper by Biddies Ltd., Guildford and King's Lynn CONTENTS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS VII BOOKS IX-XII (A. Heubeck) Introduction 3 Commentary 12 BOOKS XIII-XVI (A. Hoekstra) Introduction 147 Commentarv 161 '· INDEX V BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS The abbreviations used for ancient authors correspond to those employed in the ninth edition ofLiddell and Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (LSJ) and in the Oxford Latin Dictionary, for periodicals to those of L' Annee philologique. Editions of the 04Jssey referred to in the Commentary: Alien T. W. Alien, Homeri Opera, iii2, iv2 (Oxford Classical Text), Oxford, 1917, 1919. Amcis-Hentze-Cauer Homers Odyssee f. den Schulgebrauch erklart von K. F. Ameis u. C. Hentze, bearbeitet von P. Cauer, i 114, 213, ii 1", 210, Leipzig, 1920, 1940, 1928, 1925- Hainsworth * 0mero, Odissea, libri v- viii: lntroduz;ione, lesto e commento a cura dij. B. Hainsworth, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Rome, 1982. Hcubeck* Omero, OdiJSea, libri ix-xii; xxiii-xxiv: lntroduz ione, teslo e commenlo a cura di Alfred Heubeck, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla, Rome, 1983, 1987. Hoekstra* Omero, Odissea, libri xiii-xvi: /ntroduz;ione, lesto e commenlo a cura di Aric Hoekstra, Fondazionc Lorenzo V alia, Rome, 1984. Merry-Riddell W. W. Merry and J. Riddcll, Homer's Odyssey: Books i-xii, Oxford, 1886. Monro D. B. Monro, Homer's Odyssey: Books xiii-xxiv, Oxford, 1901. Russo* Omero, Odissea, libri xvii-xx: lntroduz;ione, 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, Homeri Carmina, cum prolego menis, no lis criticis, commenlariis exegeticis, Odyssea, Leiden, 19I7. von der M iihll P. von der Miihll, Homeri Odyssea', Basel, I96I (Stuttgart, I 984) . S. West* Omero, Odissea, libri i-iv: lntroduz;ione generate di Alfred Heubeck e Stephanie West, introduz;ione; testo e commento a cura di Stephanie West, Fondazione Lorenzo V alia, Rome, I 98 I. * The present volume is the second in the English edition (introductions and commentary only); the first volume (Books i-viii) was published in 1988, and the third (Books xvii-xxiv) is forthcoming (both from OUP). VII BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS Works mentioned by abbreviated title: Ameis-Hentze, Anhang K. F. Ameis ·and C. Hentze, Anhang zu Homers Odyssee', Leipzig, I 889, I 895 3• Archaeologia Archaeologia Homerica: Die Denkmiiler u. das friihgriechische Epos, ed. F. Matz and H. G. Buchholz, Gottingen, I967. Arcnd, Scenen W. Arend, Die typischen Scenen bei Homer, Berlin, 1933· Austin, Archery N. Austin, Archery at the Dark if the Moon: Poetic Problems in Homer's Odyssey, Berkeley-Los Angeles, I975· Bech tel, Lexilogus F. Bechtel, Lexilogus zu Homer, Halle, '9'4· Beekes, Laryngeals R. S. P. Beekes, The Development of the Proto lndo-European Laryngeals zn Greek, The Hague-Paris, 1969. Besslich, Schweigen S. Besslich, Schweigen-Verschweigen-Obergehen: Die Darstellung des Unausgesprochenen in der Odys see, Heidelberg, I966. Bethe, Homer E. Bethe, Homer: Dichtung und Sage, i-iii, Leipzig-Berlin, I 914, I 922, 19292• - - Odyssee --ibid. ii: Odyssee, Kyklos, Zeitbestimmung', Leipzig, I929. Boiling, Evidence G. M. Boiling, The External Evidence for Inter polation in Homer, Oxford, I925. Bowra, HP C. M. Bowra, Heroic Poetry, London, I952. Burkert, Religion W. Burkert, Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical, trans. John Raffan, Blackwell, I985. Cauer, Homerkritik P. Cauer, Grundfragen der Homerkritik', Leipzig, I92 I-3· Chantraine, Dictionnaire P. Chantraine, Dictionnaire itymologique de la langue grecque, Paris, I 968-So. - - Formation - -La Formation des noms en grec ancien, Paris, I933· - - Grammaire - --Grammaire homirique I 3, ii 2, Paris, I 958, I 963. - -Morphologie - -Morphologie historique du grec, Paris, I967. Clay, Wrath J. S. Clay, The Wrath of Athena: Gods and Men in the Odyssey, Princeton, I983. Companion A Companion to Homer, cd. A. J. B. Wace and F. H. Stubbings, London, I962. Delebecque, Tilimaque E. Delebecque, Tilimaque et la structure de l'Odys sie, Annates de lafaculti des lettres d'Aix-en-Provence, NS xxi, I 958. Denniston, Particles J. D. Denniston, The Greek Particles', Oxford, I954· Ebeling, Lexicon H. Ebeling, Lexicon Homericum, Leipzig, I88o-5. V Ill BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS Eiscnberger, Studien H. Eisenberger, Studien ::.ur Odyssee, Wiesbaden, 1973· Erbse, Beitriige H. Erbse, Beitriil!,e ::.um Verstiindnis der Odyssee, Berlin-New York, 1972. Fenik, Studies B. Fenik, Studies in the Odyssey, Hermes Einzel schriften, xxx, Wiesbaden, 1974. Finley, World M. I. Finley, The World !if Odysseus (second revised edn.), Harmondsworth, 1979. Finsler, Homer G. Finsler, Homer, i 1-2, ii, Leipzig, 2 I9I8, 31924. Focke, Odyssee F. Focke, Die Odyssee, Stuttgart-Berlin, I 943· Frankel, Gleichnisse H. Frankel, Die homerischen Gleichnisse, Gottin gcn, 1921. Frisk, GEW H. Frisk, Griechisches erymologisches Worterbuch, Hcidelberg, I 954-73. Gcrmain, Genese G. Germain, Genese de l'Odyssie, Paris, 1954. Goodwin, Syntax W. W. Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, London, 2 I889, repr. London, 1965, 1g66. Guthric, Gods W. K. C. Guthrie, The Greeks and their Gods, London, 1950. Hainsworth, Flexibilify ]. B. Hainsworth, The Flexibiliry of the Homeric Formula, Oxford, 1968. Heubeck, Dichter A. Heubeck, Der Odyssee-Dichter und die Ilias, Erlangen, 1954. Hoekstra, Modifications A. Hoekstra, Homeric Modifications of Formulaic Prolofypes, Amsterdam, 1965. Holscher, Untersuchun,gen U. Holscher, Untersuchungen ;:;ur Form der Od_yssee, Leipzig, 1939· Kirchhoff, Odyssee A. Kirchhoff, Die Homerische Odyssee und ihre Entstehung, Berlin, 1879· Kirk, Commentary G. S. Kirk, The Iliad: A Commentary, i. Books 1-4, Cambridge, 1985. ---Homer --Homer and the Oral Tradition, Cambridge, 1976. ---Myths --The Nature of Greek Myths, Harmonds worth, 1974. ----Songs --The Songs of Homer, Cambridge, 1962. Kl. Pauly Der Kleine Pauly: Lexicon der Antike in 5 Biinden, ed. K. Ziegler and W. Sontheimer, Munich, 1964-75, DTV Munich, I979· Kiihncr-Gerth R. Kiihner, Ausfiihrliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, i-ii. Sat;:;lehre3, besorgt v. B. Gerth, Hanover, I898-1go4, repr. Lcverkusen, 1955. Kurt, Fachausdriicke C. Kurt, Seemiinnische Fachausdriicke bei Homer, Gottingen, 1979. Leaf, Iliad W. Leaf, The Iliad2, London, 1900-2. IX BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS Lejeune, Phonetique M. Lejeune, Phonetique historique du mycinien et du grec ancien, Paris, I 972. Lesky, Homeros A. Lesky, Homeros, RE, Supplementband xi, Stuttgart, I 967. Leumann, Wiirter M. Leumann, Homerische Wiirter, Base!, I950. LfgrE Lexicon des friihgriechischen Epos, ed. B. Snell and H. Erbse, Gottingen, I955- . Lord, Singer A. B. Lord, The Singer of Tales, Cambridge, Mass.-London, I96o. Lorimer, Monuments H. L. Lorimer, Homer and the Monuments, London, I 950. Ludwich, AHT A. Ludwich, Aristarchs Homerische Textkritik, i, ii, Leipzig, I884-5. Marzullo, Problema B. Marzullo, ll problema omerico2, Milan-Naples, I970. Mattes, Ocfysseus W. Mattes, Ocfysseus bei den Phiiaken, Wiirzburg, I958. Meister, Kunstsprache K. Meister, Die homerische Kunstsprache, Leipzig, I 92 I, repr. Darmstadt, I 966. Merkelbach, R. Merkelbach, Untersuchungen zur Odyssee2, Zet Untersuchungen emata, ii, Munich, I969. Meuli, Ocfyssee K. Meuli, Ocfyssee und Argonautika ( = Gesam melte Schriften (Base!, I975), ii. 593-676), Ber lin, I92 1. Monro, Homeric Dialect D. B. Monro, A Grammar rif the Homeric Dialect2, Oxford, I 891. Moulton, Similes C. Moulton, Similes in the Homeric Poems, Hypo mnemata, xlix, Gottingen, I977· Nickau, Untersuchungen K. Nickau, Untersuchungen zur textkritischen Meth ode des Zenodotos von Ephesos, Berlin, I977· Nilsson, Geschichte M. P. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion3, i, Munich, I967. Onians, Origins R. B. Onians, The Origins of European Thought, Cambridge, 1951. Page, Folktales D. L. Page, Folktales in Homer's Odyssey, Cambridge, Mass., I972. --Ocfyssey --The Homeric Odyssey, Oxford, I955· -PMG --Poetae Melici Graeci, Oxford, I962. -SLG --Supplementum Lyricis Graecis, Oxford, I 974· Palmer, Interpretation L. R. Palmer, The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts, Oxford, I 963, I 9692• Parry, Blameless Aegis thus Anne Amory Parry, Blameless Aegisthus, Leiden, I973· - -Homeric Verse Adam M. (ed.), The Making rif Homeric Verse: The Collected Papers rif Milman Parry, Oxford, I97I. X