Homer's Iliad the Basel Commentary. Book XVIII PDF
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Homer’s Iliad The Basel Commentary Homer’s Iliad The Basel Commentary Editors Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz Managing Editor Magdalene Stoevesandt General Editor of the English Edition S. Douglas Olson Homer’s Iliad The Basel Commentary Edited by Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz Book XVIII By Marina Coray Translated by Benjamin W. Millis and Sara Strack and edited by S. Douglas Olson The publication of Homer’s Iliad: The Basel Commentary has been made possible by the kind financial support from the following organizations: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft (FAG), Basel L. & Th. La Roche Stiftung, Basel ISBN 978-3-11-057046-5 e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-057288-9 e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-057074-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018949501 Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2018 Walter de Gruyter Inc., Boston/Berlin Typesetting: Dörlemann Satz GmbH & Co. KG, Lemförde Printing and binding: Hubert & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen www.degruyter.com Table of Contents Preface to the German Edition VII Preface to the English Edition IX Notes for the Reader (including list of abbreviations) XI 24 Rules Relating to Homeric Language (R) 1 Overview of the Action in Book 18 9 Commentary 11 Bibliographic Abbreviations 277 Preface to the German Edition Book 18 of the Iliad dedicates much space to Achilleus’ new armor, particularly his shield. This object, fantastical in every regard, could be discussed endlessly, and much that is clever and stimulating has already been written on the topic. In the present commentary, discussion of this section takes up considerable space; the complexity of the ekphrasis and the abundance of scholarship relating to it made it useful to include overviews as guides and introductory chapters to these verses in the commentary. The presentation of different interpretations and of the many disputed issues, as well as the bibliographic references, are meant to enable the reader to engage more deeply with these topics. As was the case for previous volumes of this commentary, the present com- mentary is based on the Greek text of the edition of the Iliad by Martin L. West (Bibliotheca Teubneriana, 1998/2000). * Writing and publishing this commentary would not have been possible without help and support from a variety of sources: First and foremost, I warmly thank the project directors and editors of this commentary on the Iliad, Joachim Latacz and Anton Bierl, for their judicious guidance of my engagement with the text. I am also indebted to our interna- tional team of experts for valuable suggestions and corrections: Rudolf Führer, Fritz Graf, Martin Guggisberg, Irene de Jong, Michael Meier-Brügger, Sebastiaan van der Mije, René Nünlist, Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg, Rudolf Wachter and Martin L. West. As previously, they have all provided advice, suggestions and a keen eye. In addition, I owe warm thanks to the members of the commentary team for innumerable ideas, suggestions, conversations and encouragement at all stages of the process: Martha Krieter-Spiro, Magdalene Stoevesandt, Katharina Wes- selmann and particularly Claude Brügger, who also guided me in a masterful way through the vagaries of the layout process. The long communal work of writing commentaries has fostered a deep connection between us. I am similarly grateful for the lively exchange of ideas at the ‘Rosshof’, the Center for Classical Studies at the Unversity of Basel, and especially for the numerous suggestions by those who assisted me with topics beyond ancient Greek philology or who carefully read sections of the commentary. Thanks are also due the staff of the Classical Studies library at the ‘Rosshof’ and of the Basel University Library for their generous and straightforward provision of schol- arly literature concerning Homer, as well as to the Walter de Gruyter publishing https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110572889-001 VIII Iliad 18 house, and especially Katharina Legutke and Serena Pirrotta for their meticulous care during publication. I would also like to offer here my personal thanks to the sponsors of the project: the Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftli- chen Forschung and the Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur, as well as the following institutions in Basel: the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, the Frey-Clavel-Stiftung, the Max Geldner-Stiftung and the University of Basel. My most heartfelt thanks are reserved for my husband who was prepared with unfailing patience to discuss the interpretation of challenging passages and to join me in taking delight in the wonderful world of Homeric poetry. Basel, March 2015 Marina Coray Preface to the English Edition The following is the slightly revised version of the German commentary final- ized for publication in 2015, which I have corrected wherever needed and supple- mented with literature published since. I feel much obliged to various persons and institutions who have enabled the development of this English edition: First and foremost I sincerely thank Prof. Dr. Joachim Latacz and Prof. Dr. Anton Bierl, the two directors of the Homer Commentary, who have also tirelessly supported the translation into English. A very special thanks goes to the trans- lators Dr. Benjamin W. Millis and Dr. Sara Strack, as well as Prof. Dr. S. Douglas Olson, the general editor of the English edition, for their excellent and diligent work. They have once again performed a Herculean labour and not only created a wonderful translation of an occasionally complex text, but also carefully cor- rected omissions and errors which had been overlooked. The English edition would not have been possible without the generous financial backing by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft, and the L. & Th. La Roche Stiftung. Also the Walter de Gruyter publishing house has sub- stantially contributed to the completion of this book. I owe them all the greatest debt of gratitude. Lastly, I warmly thank my colleagues, Dr. Magdalene Stoeve- sandt and Dr. Martha Krieter-Spiro, and especially my husband for their manifold support and assistance. Basel, May 2018 Marina Coray https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110572889-002
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