An Homeric Dictionary for Use in Schools and Colleges: From the German of Dr Georg Autenrieth (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) - Softcover

Autenrieth, Georg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110807457X ISBN 13: 9781108074575

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The dialect of ancient Greek in which the Homeric epics the Iliad and the Odyssey were composed and later written down is sufficiently different from classical Attic Greek that it has always proven a stumbling block for students. Perceiving the need for a concise dictionary of Homeric Greek forms, German scholar Georg Autenrieth (1833–1900) compiled this now famous work, first published in 1873 and translated into English by Robert P. Keep (1844–1904) in 1877. Keep, who taught Greek at Yale University and various New England colleges, recognised from his own experience that Autenrieth's book would enable students to proceed faster and further in their studies of Homer than could ever be the case using a conventional dictionary, where dialect forms received a relatively cursory treatment at the end of each entry. The worldwide success of the work, reissued here in its first English edition, has justified this belief.

About this title

Book Description:

The Greek of the Homeric epics is sufficiently different in both grammar and vocabulary from classical Attic Greek that it has always caused problems for students. This concise dictionary, compiled by German scholar Georg Autenrieth and published in English translation in 1877, has been a worldwide success since its first edition.

About the Author:

Georg Autenrieth, director of the Gymnasium at Zweibrucken, compiled the Worterbuch zu den Homer-ischen Gedichten, which was published by Teubner in 1873.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110807457X
• ISBN 13: 9781108074575
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360