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Published by Cambridge University Press, 1993
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First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Good-looking, structurally sound exemplars in trade paperback format of Homer's The Iliad: a commentary, bound in glossy blue card stock wraps, white lettering to spines and front covers, with light wear and slight creasing to a couple of covers else clean, tightly bound, and unmarked of interior. Volume II: books 5-8 (edited by G.S. Kirk, xv, 1-351 pp.); Volume III: books 9-12 (edited by Bryan Hainsworth, xxi, 1-380 pp.); Volume IV: books 13-16 (edited by Richard Janko, xxvi, 1-459 pp.); Volume V: books 17-20 (edited by Mark W. Edwards, xvii, 1-356 pp.); Volume VI: books 21-24 (edited by Nicholas Richardson, xx, 1-387 pp.). The General Editor, G.S. Kirk, composed the first volume of the projected six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad, his volume covering the first four books. This volume missing currently but will be found, ideally. His commentary inquires of the difficulties of sensitive and informed responses to Homer's epic poem. Matters of history, archaeology, literature, religion, and geography are covered, texts being in both Greek and English.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.