{"product_id":"9780674053236-multitextuality-in-the-homeric","title":"Multitextuality in the Homeric Iliad","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Witness of Ptolemaic Papyri\u003cbr\u003eGraeme Bird examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE. This book analyzes the papyri’s unusual readings and shows that they present authentic variations on the Homeric text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraeme D. Bird examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer’s \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which, although fragmentary, are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the text of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese papyri have been described as “eccentric” or even “wild” by some scholars. They differ significantly from the usual text of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, sometimes showing lines with different wording, at other times including so-called “interpolated” lines that are completely absent from our more familiar version.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhereas some scholars denigrate these papyri because of their “eccentricity,” this book analyzes their unusual readings and shows that in fact they present authentic variations on the Homeric text, based on the variability characteristic of oral performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40896940343393,"sku":"9780674053236","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28656452.jpg?v=1722774084","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674053236-multitextuality-in-the-homeric","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}