Porphyry's ""Homeric Questions"" on the ""Iliad"": Text, Translation, Commentary (Texte Und Kommentare)

The Homeric Questions of the philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. Porphyry applies the dictum that 'the poet explains himself' to solve questions of interpretation in Homer. This new edition of the Questions on the Iliad eliminates much that was wrongly attributed to Porphyry in the old edition (1880). In the interest of the non-specialist, the new text has a facing translation in English. The commentary explains Porphyry ́s arguments and the editor ́s textual decisions. The Homeric Questions of the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry (3rd cent. CE) is an important work in the history of Homeric criticism. In contrast to the philosopher's allegorical readings of Homer in De Antro and De Styge, in the Homeric Questions Porphyry solves problemata by applying the dictum that “the poet explains himself”. Based on a new collation of the manuscripts, this edition of Porphyry's Homeric Questions on the Iliad is the first since 1880. The preface contains sections on Porphyry's life and works, the manuscript tradition of the text, scholarship on the Homeric Questions, and the principles of this edition. The editor has eliminated much that had been wrongly attributed to Porphyry on stylistic grounds and has constructed text according to a strict distinction between extracts of the Homeric Questions, epitomes of the extracts, and Porphyrian scholia ‐ all confusingly interspersed in the old text. A facing English translation at last makes this text accessible to the Greek-less reader. The commentary explains Porphyry's arguments and the editor's textual decisions. The editor sheds new light on Porphyry's use of the dictum that “the poet explains himself”, by differentiating it from that of Alexandria textual critics. Porphyry’s Homeric Questions on the Iliad: Text, Translation, Commentary......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 6 The Life of Porphyry......Page 8 Book One of the Homeric Questions......Page 10 The Extracts of the Homeric Questions on the Iliad......Page 13 The Manuscripts......Page 15 Scholarship on the Homeric Questions......Page 17 Abbreviations and Sigla......Page 20 Text and Translation......Page 22 A......Page 23 Β......Page 39 Γ......Page 79 Δ......Page 91 Ε......Page 95 Ζ......Page 109 Η......Page 133 Θ......Page 139 Ι......Page 153 Κ......Page 167 Λ......Page 191 Μ......Page 197 Ν......Page 211 Ξ......Page 215 Ο......Page 227 Π......Page 229 Ρ......Page 233 Σ......Page 237 Τ......Page 239 Υ......Page 247 Φ......Page 257 Χ......Page 259 Ψ......Page 261 Ω......Page 265 Epitomai......Page 282 Bibliography......Page 296 Index Fontium......Page 302 Index Locorum......Page 304 Index Verborum Homericorum......Page 316 By John A. Macphail Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Text In Ancient Greek With Facing English Translation, And Commentaries In English.