Homer, the Iliad

Volume 1 of Leaf's edition of the Iliad contains books 1-12 of Homer's poem, with introduction and notes.

Walter Leaf (Edited by)

9781108016865, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 July 2010

644 pages, 16 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm, 0.81 kg

Walter Leaf (1852–1927) was a banker and classicist, whose various positions as chairman of the Westminster Bank, founder of the London Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hellenic Society reflected his wide-ranging professional and scholarly interests. Leaf was educated at Harrow School and won a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1870. He became senior classic in 1874 and was elected to a fellowship the following year. As a scholar Leaf was concerned with uncovering the physical reality of the classical world, a stance which set him apart from Jane Harrison and the Cambridge Ritual School. Leaf's The Iliad, with introduction and notes, first appeared in two volumes (1886–1888), and was regarded for several decades as the best English edition of Homer's epic poem. Volume 1 of the 1900 edition comprises Leaf's preface, an introduction to books 1-12 of the poem, and the annotated text.

Preface to the Second Edition
Prolegomena
The Iliad, books I-XII
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]