The renowned Basler Homer-Kommentar of the Iliad, edited by Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz and originally published in German, presents the latest developments in Homeric scholarship. Through the English translation of this ground-breaking reference work, edited by S. Douglas Olson, its valuable findings are now made accessible to students and scholars worldwide.

The Prolegomena provide an introduction to the Basler Iliad commentary. The volume includes essays on the history of Iliad commentaries and the text, formulaic language and the oral tradition, grammar, meter, characters, plot and chronological structure, narrative technique, and developments in Homeric criticism, as well as an Index of Mycenaean words with brief explanations.

The series Fragmenta Comica will provide the full commentary on the fragments of the Greek comedy. The goal of the comments is, on the one hand, to tap into the generally difficult to understand texts from all possible points of view, on the other hand, where possible is to try a reconstruction of the pieces and to make a literary - historical classification of the authors.The fragments and testimonies are translated.