Homer's Odyssey, Books XIII-XXIV

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Excerpt from Homer's Odyssey, Books XIII-XXIV: Edited With English Notes and Appendices This volume is designed as a continuation of the commem tary on the Odyssey which was begun, more than a quarter of a century ago, by the late Mr. Riddell of Balliol. As all scholars are aware, the first part Of the projected work, comprising books i - xii, was completed by Dr. Merry and published in 1875. A second edition, with a good deal of new matter, appeared in 1885. In the present state Of scholarship an editor of Homer is almost obliged to form some opinion on the multifarious issues which make up the Homeric question.' I have therefore been led to add Appendices of somewhat unusual length, containing a statement of the views which seem to me on the whole the most in accordance with the existing evidence. In the course of this work I found it desirable to reproduce the substance (and occasionally the language) of two papers on the Epic Cycle which appeared in the yonmal of Hellenic Studies (in the volumes for 1883 and I have to thank the Hellenic Society for permitting this, and also for allowing me to use the illustrations of the Homeric House which will be found on pp. 490, 491, 497. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.