Eustathii Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 4 Volume Paperback Set

by Eustathius, J. G. Stallbaum (Editor)

Overview

Johann Stallbaum (1793–1861) published Eustathii Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem in four volumes between 1827 and 1830. It contains the Greek text of Eustathius of Thessalonica's twelfth-century commentary on Homer's Iliad. The work is primarily a collection of extracts from much earlier authors. Eustathius' position as archbishop of Thessalonica and professor of rhetoric in Constantinople gave him access to libraries rich in ancient texts, many no longer extant. His commentary is one of the best sources of ancient Homeric scholia and preserves many otherwise lost extracts from writers such as Aristarchus of Samothrace, Zenodotus of Ephesus, and Aristophanes of Byzantium. Stallbaum's edition is a revised and corrected version of the Editio Romana of Majoranus (1542–1550). It has been an essential tool for generations of classical and Byzantine scholars. It is a great achievement of nineteenth-century scholarship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108016599
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	1540
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.34(d)
Language:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface; Commentary on Homer's Iliad, books 1-4 (in Greek). Volume 2: Commentary on Homer's Iliad, books 5-10 (in Greek). Volume 3: Commentary on Homer's Iliad, books 11-16 (in Greek). Volume 4: Commentary on Homer's Iliad, books 17-24 (in Greek).