The Best of the Grammarians: Aristarchus of Samothrace on the Iliad

by Francesca Schironi and Aristarchus of Samothrace

A founding father of the "art of philology," Aristarchus of Samothrace (216-144 BCE) made a profound contribution to ancient scholarship. In his study of Homer's Iliad, his methods and principles inevitably informed, even reshaped, his edition of the epic. This systematic study places Aristarchus and his fragments preserved in the Iliadic scholia, or marginal annotations, in the context and cultural environment of his own time.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472130765
• ISBN13: 9780472130764
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 936 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"