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Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and Mice) - Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover)
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Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and Mice) - Introduction, Text, Translation, and Commentary (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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The Batrachomyomachia (Battle of the Frogs and Mice) is a
Hellenistic pastiche of Homer's Iliad which was often attributed to
Homer himself by later commentators. As a parody of epic battle
narrative it is quite unlike anything else that survives in full
from antiquity; however, despite its popular and influential
reception throughout much of history from the Roman period onwards,
the advent of the twentieth century saw it largely dismissed and
overlooked as a curio. This volume presents a new critical edition
of the poem, comprising an introduction, Greek text and English
verse translation, and line-by-line commentary, which aims to
rehabilitate its image and return it to the centre of scholarly
attention by mapping out the wide range of metaliterary jokes,
references, and parodies concealed within the apparently simple and
childish story. The Greek text is entirely new, based on a fresh
collation of the nine most important early manuscripts as well as
on the work of previous editors. All verses which appear in these
manuscripts are included - those which do not belong in the main
text are presented separately at the foot of each page - and are
accompanied by a full apparatus criticus and a new facing verse
translation, which aims to strike a balance between precision and
readability. A comprehensive introduction thoroughly orients
readers in the poem's historical and literary context, covering its
(highly uncertain) date and disputed authorship, its relationship
with the wider genre of 'parody', its language and metre, and its
reception and influence up to the present day, among other topics.
The commentary forms the largest part of the volume, offering
detailed discussion of linguistic, stylistic, and thematic
questions, as well as guiding readers through the complex network
of references to Homer and Hellenistic poetry and breaking down the
textual problems for which the poem is so notorious.
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