A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey Volume I Introduction and Books I-VIII [Paperback]

This first book of a three-volume commentary compiled by an international team of scholars includes an introduction discussing previous research on theOdyssey, its relation to theIliad, the epic dialect, and the transmission of the text.

Will find eager interest among scholars and teachers....The bibliography, general introduction, and breadth of commentary should...make this the standard work on theOdysseyfor the next generation. Strongly recommended for public, college, and university collections. --Choice

This OxfordCommentaryrepresents...the new catholicism in Homeric studies....They have given us a new guidebook to theOdysseymarked by good sense and the exactitude for which British scholarship is renowned....Stocked with information on the most disparate topics and with copious citations of modern scholarship, thisCommentarywill be a valuable aid for readers of theOdysseyfor years to come. --Arion

A tremendously important text, and will certainly become a standard reference....A definite must-buy for any good college or university library, and for many individual specialists as well. --Classical World

Eminently clear and controlled...based on up-to-date linguistic, papyrological, and formulaic scholarship. --Journal of Hellenic Studies

Reason to rejoice and be grateful and await the forthcoming volumes with impatience. --Classical Review