Studies in The Language of Homer (Cambridge Classical Studies)

Shipp, G. P.

ISBN 10: 0521077060 / ISBN 13: 9780521077064

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1972

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Hardcover in blue cloth clean tight unmarked save for previous owner name, dust jacket with front flap corners clipped, some edge rubs and chips especially at top of spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Studies in The Language of Homer (Cambridge Classical Studies)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521077060
• ISBN 13: 9780521077064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Professor Shipp's purpose in the first edition of this book (published in 1953) was 'to examine in as much detail as possible the development of the language of the Iliad in some of its typical features, with careful attention to the spoken dialects involved and to the influence of metre'. In the second edition he widens the scope of his work to examine the Odyssey as well as the Iliad, and he extends its detail to include syntax as well as grammatical forms and to cover questions of vocabulary more comprehensively. The author's earlier conclusions are shown to be confirmed, and an important further result for the Odyssey has been to show the typical lateness of the language of moralizing passages.

Book Description

Professor Shipp's purpose in the first edition of this book was 'to examine in as much detail as possible the development of the language of the Iliad in some of its typical features ...'. In the second edition he widens the scope of his work to examine the Odyssey as well as the Iliad.