Homer from Z to a Metrics, Linguistics, and Zenodotus

Claire Le Feuvre, "Homer from Z to a: Metrics, Linguistics, and Zenodotus "
English | ISBN: 9004522336 | 2022 | 364 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This book presents the first systematic linguistic study of Zenodotus’ variant readings, showing that he used a version of Homer older than the one used by Aristarchus a century later. Several clues point to the fact that Zenodotus’ version belongs to a tradition that was already distinct from that which eventually yielded the vulgate (that is, the Homer we know). In particular, his version largely pre-dates the Sophists’ reflections on language, rhetorics and style, and the grammatical theories of Alexandrian scholars.