Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad

Text, Translation, Commentary

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ID9292146
AuthorsJohn A MacPhail (corresponding author), John A MacPhail Jr
Year2011
Pages310
Publication date2011-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePorphyry's Homeric Questions on the Iliad (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110216806
OpenAlexW610626371
ISBN9783110216806
Open LibraryOL34430729M
LanguageEN
Citations received21

The Homeric Questions of Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in history of Homeric criticism. In contrast to philosopher's allegorical readings of Homer in De Antro and De Styge, in Homeric Questions Porphyry solves problemata by applying dictum that the poet explains himself. Based on a new collation of manuscripts, this edition of Porphyry's Homeric Questions on Iliad is first since 1880. The preface contains sections on Porphyry's life and works, manuscript tradition of text, scholarship on Homeric Questions, and principles of this edition. The editor has eliminated much that had been wrongly attributed to Porphyry on stylistic grounds and has constructed text according to a strict distinction between extracts of Homeric Questions, epitomes of extracts, and Porphyrian scholia - all confusingly interspersed in old text. A facing English translation at last makes this text accessible to Greek-less reader. The commentary explains Porphyry's arguments and editor's textual decisions. The editor sheds new light on Porphyry's use of dictum that the poet explains himself, by differentiating it from that of Alexandria textual critics

Art · Collation · Criticism · Linguistics · Literature · Reflexive pronoun · Scholarship · Textual criticism · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy

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