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Download or read book More than Homer Knew – Studies on Homer and His Ancient Commentators written by Antonios Rengakos and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a collection of twenty-one essays in honour of Professor Franco Montanari by eminent specialists on Homer, ancient Homeric scholarship, and the reception of the Homeric Epics in both ancient and modern times. It covers a wide range of important subjects, including neoanalysis and oral poetry, the Doloneia, the Homeric scholia, the theoretical premises of Aristarchean scholarship, and Homer in Sappho, Pindar, Comedy, Plato, and Hellenistic Poetry. As a whole, the contributions demonstrate the vitality of modern scholarship on Homeric poetry.