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This is the third volume in the major six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad
prepared under the General Editorship of Professor G. S. Kirk. It opens with two
introductory chapters: the first on Homeric diction (on which emphasis is maintained
throughout the Commentary); the second on the contribution that comparative
studies have made to seeing the Homeric epics in sharper perspective. Like its
companion volumes, the Commentary deals with the cultural background of the
poem and with linguistic and thematic points. Dr Hainsworth confronts in an
intentionally even-handed manner the serious problems posed by the ninth, tenth,
and twelfth books of the Iliad, seeking by means of a succinct discussion and a brief
bibliography of recent contributions to furnish the user with a point of entry into
the often voluminous scholarship devoted to these questions. The Greek text is not
included.
This Commentary is an essential reference work for all students of Greek literature,
and archaeologists and historians will also find that it contains material of
value to them.