Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad" : : Text, Translation, Commentary / / John A. MacPhail Jr.
The Homeric Questions of the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. In contrast to the philosopher’s allegorical readings of Homer in De Antro and De Styge, in the Homeric Questions Porphyry solves problemata by applying the dictum t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2010] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Texte und Kommentare : Eine altertumswissenschaftliche Reihe ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations and Sigla -- Text and Translation -- Epitomai -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | The Homeric Questions of the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. In contrast to the philosopher’s allegorical readings of Homer in De Antro and De Styge, in the Homeric Questions Porphyry solves problemata by applying the dictum that “the poet explains himself”. Based on a new collation of the manuscripts, this edition of Porphyry’s Homeric Questions on the Iliad is the first since 1880. The preface contains sections on Porphyry’s life and works, the manuscript tradition of the text, scholarship on the Homeric Questions, and the 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 the Homeric Questions, epitomes of the extracts, and Porphyrian scholia - all confusingly interspersed in the old text. A facing English translation at last makes this text accessible to the Greek-less reader. The commentary explains Porphyry’s arguments and the editor’s textual decisions. The editor sheds new light on Porphyry’s use of the dictum that “the poet explains himself”, by differentiating it from that of Alexandria textual critics. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110216806 9783110621099 9783110238570 9783110636178 9783110233544 9783110233551 9783110233575 |
ISSN: | 0563-3087 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110216806 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | John A. MacPhail Jr. |