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Title: Homeric Dictionary by Georg Autenrieth, Robert Keep, R. Autenrieth, G. Keep ISBN: 0-7156-1773-7 Publisher: Duckworth Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Indispensible Tool for Reading Homer
Comment: Autenrieth's Homeric Dictionary is an indispensible tool for reading Homer in the original. Because it focuses only on Homeric vocabulary, it is easier to use than standard lexica that include thousands of other words and later, non-Homeric meanings for Homeric words. Illustrations and detailed explanations are supplied for words describing armor and weapons and the like, which is helpful and not offered by most other lexica. Autenrieth is also more convenient than the glossaries found in beginner's texts because it allows the reader to look up words in a separate volume rather than turning to the back of the same book.
The introduction to the text claims that students should be able to read Homer with this dictionary almost twice as fast as they would with a standard lexicon. This may sound somewhat overblown, but in my experience it is true. Anyone reading a considerable amount of Homer would do well to pick up this volume and save themselves some time.
The only unfortunate thing is that this isn't available in hardcover. Why publishers increasingly fail to recognize the value of offering hardbound editions of reference works that are likely to be used often, I just don't understand. Even still, the Homeric Dictionary is worth owning if you plan to spend any serious time with Homer in Greek.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential dictionary for reading or translating Homer
Comment: This dictionary was invaluable while I was translating The Iliad. It is amazingly comprehensive, full of wonderful illustrations that accompany the definitions and includes clear instructions on how to read Homeric verse.
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Title: Homeric Vocabularies: Greek and English Word List for the Study of Homer by William B. Owen, Edgar J. Goodspeed, Clyde Pharr ISBN: 0806108282 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: March, 1979 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners by Clyde Pharr, John Henry Wright ISBN: 0806119373 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: January, 1986 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect by Richard J. Cunliffe ISBN: 0806114304 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: August, 1977 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: All the Greek Verbs by Nino Marinone ISBN: 0715617729 Publisher: Duckworth Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $19.75 |
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Title: Greek Grammar by Herbert Weir Smyth, Gordon M. Messing ISBN: 0674362500 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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