Monday, February 23, 2009

Find: Old Oxford Iliad (vol 2)

This Iliad was found for me at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. This Iliad is in two parts, and I've only got the second, which covers books 13-24. The book consists only of the greek text for the second half of the work and is followed by commentary. I haven't done more than running my eyes over the commentary, but it looks like it is mostly comprised of short glosses of words and hints about construction. There is no critical apparatus at the bottom of the page, and I can't seem to find one in the commentary.

It's quite a handsome volume, inside and out, only a touch bigger than a Loeb. The front cover has a simple stamped-on design. The pages are clean and serious, and the Greek typesetting is standard and clear. It is not stamped with the Oxford Classical Text stamp. There is no introduction, and the small preface is in English, which the OCT seems to have only recently reverted to.



I would be fantastic to have both of these. This one feels nice in the hands, and makes me want to go and translate some of its content.

Details: Oxford, Fourth Edition, Revised, 1968. Ed. D.B. Munro.

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