The Odyssey of Homer. Edited with General and Grammatical Introductions, Commentary, and Indexes
London, Melbourne, Toronto: The Macmillan Company, 1971.
SCHOLAR’S ODYSSEY WITH WORKING MARGINALIA
A compact scholarly edition of Homer’s Odyssey edited by the distinguished classicist W. B. Stanford, longtime Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Dublin and one of the twentieth century’s most respected Homeric scholars. Printed with the Greek text accompanied by extensive commentary, introductions, and indexes intended for advanced students and academic study.
Particularly appealing is the presence of discrete manuscript marginal annotations throughout, reflecting close reading and active engagement with the text rather than heavy classroom marking. The notes appear scholarly and restrained, adding evidence of serious use while preserving the clean visual character of the pages.
The edition presents the Odyssey in the original Greek across two compact volumes:
Vol. I — Books I–XII
Vol. II — Books XIII–XXIV
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Two volumes. Uniformly bound in publisher’s red cloth. 16mo; 6.5 inches tall. Greek text throughout with scholarly apparatus, commentary, introductions, and indexes.Second Edition - revised.
CONDITION: The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean with light, even age-toning. Discrete manuscript marginal notations appear throughout both volumes. Moderate shelf handling wear with light rubbing to extremities. A solid, attractive scholarly set.
SIGNIFICANCE —
Stanford’s edition has become a standard twentieth-century academic text for the study of Homeric Greek, valued for its balanced combination of textual scholarship, grammatical assistance, and literary commentary. Unlike purely classroom abridgments, Stanford’s work was intended for sustained philological engagement with Homer in the original language.
The restrained annotations add a quiet layer of scholarly provenance, suggesting use by a serious student or teacher of Greek. Such working copies often possess a particular appeal to collectors of classical scholarship because they preserve evidence of intellectual engagement without overwhelming the printed text.
SUBJECTS: Homer, Odyssey, Ancient Greece, Greek Language, Classical Scholarship, W. B. Stanford, Homeric Greek, Classical Education, Greek Epic Poetry, Philology, Literary Commentary, Classics, Greek Literature, Classical Studies, Scholarly Texts.
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Price: $45.00
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