Philip H. Young

The Printed Homer: a 3, 000 Year Publishing and Translation History of the Iliad and the Odyssey

      McFarland & Company. New PLEASE NOTE that we do not offer expedited shipping. Orders placed with the priority shipping option will automatically be canceled. This work first considers who Homer might have been and then explores the when and how of the creation of the written forms of the two works. The Homeric text in classical times and in medieval Europe and the Byzantine Empire, and the Homeric text, the printing press and Renaissance humanism are next taken up. The successes and failures of the many who attempted to translate the works are analyzed critically and then — a major portion of the book — all the known texts, editions and translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey from 1470 to 2000 are listed. The author considers the future of the Homeric texts and the Poet's relevance to this and future generations. Seven valuable appendices (e.g., Modernizing of Latin City Names; First Printings in Vernacular Languages), a bibliography, and an index complete the work. ISBN10: 0786438975.