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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Introduction
- Homeric Epic in Performance
- Homeric Poetics
- Homer in a World of Song
- Epic Traditions
- Mythic Background
- The Language of Homer
- From Song to Text
- Key Topics
- Achilles
- Ancient Near Eastern Epic
- Batrakhomuomakhia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice)
- Catalogues
- Dreams
- Early Editions
- Ekphrasis
- Epic Cycle
- Epithets
- Formula
- Gods and Goddesses
- Hesiod and Homer
- Home
- Homer and Indo-European Myth
- Homer and the Alphabet
- Homeric Body and Mind
- Homeric Dialects
- Homeric Humor
- The Homeric Hymns
- Homeric Scholia
- Hospitality
- The Iliad: An Overview
- Immanence
- Kleos
- Lament
- Margites
- Meter
- Narrative
- Odysseus
- The Odyssey: An Overview
- Panathenaia
- Panhellenism
- Pisistratus
- Rhapsodes and the Homēridai
- Ring Composition
- Similes
- Speech
- Trojan Horse
- Troy
- Type Scene
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Early Editions
from Key Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- The Cambridge Guide to Homer
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on the Contributors
- General Introduction
- Part I Homeric Song and Text
- Introduction
- Homeric Epic in Performance
- Homeric Poetics
- Homer in a World of Song
- Epic Traditions
- Mythic Background
- The Language of Homer
- From Song to Text
- Key Topics
- Achilles
- Ancient Near Eastern Epic
- Batrakhomuomakhia (The Battle of Frogs and Mice)
- Catalogues
- Dreams
- Early Editions
- Ekphrasis
- Epic Cycle
- Epithets
- Formula
- Gods and Goddesses
- Hesiod and Homer
- Home
- Homer and Indo-European Myth
- Homer and the Alphabet
- Homeric Body and Mind
- Homeric Dialects
- Homeric Humor
- The Homeric Hymns
- Homeric Scholia
- Hospitality
- The Iliad: An Overview
- Immanence
- Kleos
- Lament
- Margites
- Meter
- Narrative
- Odysseus
- The Odyssey: An Overview
- Panathenaia
- Panhellenism
- Pisistratus
- Rhapsodes and the Homēridai
- Ring Composition
- Similes
- Speech
- Trojan Horse
- Troy
- Type Scene
- Part II Homeric World
- Part III Homer in the World
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
The essay discusses ancient Homeric editions, what they looked like and how they compare to modern critical editions. One open problem is represented by the mention of many editions coming from different cities or curated by different ancient scholars, which are often quoted in the scholia derived by Didymus. Scholars are still now divided on whether these editions were inspected by Aristarchus or were quoted only by Didymus; while the answer to this question is open to debate, it seems almost certain that Aristarchus did consult manuscript evidence when preparing his edition, at least to some extent.
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- The Cambridge Guide to Homer , pp. 112 - 115Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020