Textual Criticism of the Odyssey. Edited with a subvention of the Legatum Hoettianum, administered by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences at Amsterdam. - VALK, M.H.A.L.H. van der,
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'The author sets himself to examine the evidence for the text of the Odyssey, with special attention to the work of the ancient critics and above all the grat Alexandrines, Zenodotus, Aristophanes. Rhianus, and Aristarchus. The examination is in two parts. The first (pp.11-180) discusses the editions referred to by the Alexandrine critics (...), the influence of Didymus on our traditions about the Alexandrines, the value of the vulgate text compared with the papyri and testimonia, and the importance to be attached to the. readings preferred by the alexandrine critics, especially Aristarchus. Dr. V. concludes that the vulgate is very much more reliable tjan Ludwich and others have been inclined to believe, and that the readings ascribed to the great Alexandrines must be regarded as conjectures, and valued accordingly. He has no difficulty in showing that many of the Alexandrine critics' suggestions are due to ignorance of the epic diction, of the principles, and of the mentality of the archaic Greeks, In the s...
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Leiden, 1949. 296p. Sewn. Card board cover. Gift intention on half title. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: VALK, M.H.A.L.H. van der,] [Uitgever: Sijthoff] [Jaar: 1949] [Titel: Textual Criticism of the Odyssey. Edited with a subvention of the Legatum Hoettianum, administered by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences at Amsterdam.]
