| An Homeric Dictionary for Use in Schools and Colleges: From the German of Dr Georg Autenrieth Contributor(s): Autenrieth, Georg (Author), Keep, Robert P. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 110807457X ISBN-13: 9781108074575 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin) |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The dialect of ancient Greek in which the Homeric epics the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed and later written down is sufficiently different from classical Attic Greek that it has always proven a stumbling block for students. Perceiving the need for a concise dictionary of Homeric Greek forms, German scholar Georg Autenrieth (1833-1900) compiled this now famous work, first published in 1873 and translated into English by Robert P. Keep (1844-1904) in 1877. Keep, who taught Greek at Yale University and various New England colleges, recognised from his own experience that Autenrieth's book would enable students to proceed faster and further in their studies of Homer than could ever be the case using a conventional dictionary, where dialect forms received a relatively cursory treatment at the end of each entry. The worldwide success of the work, reissued here in its first English edition, has justified this belief. |