{"product_id":"the-best-of-the-grammarians-francesca-schironi-9780472130764","title":"The Best of the Grammarians: Aristarchus of Samothrace on the Iliad","description":"A founding father of the \"art of philology,\" Aristarchus of Samothrace (216-144 BCE) made a profound contribution to ancient scholarship. In his study of Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, his methods and principles inevitably informed, even reshaped, his edition of the epic. This systematic study places Aristarchus and his fragments preserved in the Iliadic \u003ci\u003escholia\u003c\/i\u003e, or marginal annotations, in the context and cultural environment of his own time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Francesca Schironi presents a more robust picture of Aristarchus as a scholar than anyone has offered previously. Based on her analysis of over 4,300 fragments from his commentary on the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e, she reconstructs Aristarchus' methodology and its relationship to earlier scholarship, especially Aristotelian poetics. Schironi departs from the standard commentary on individual fragments, and instead organizes them by topic to produce a rigorous scholarly examination of how Aristarchus worked. \u003cbr\u003e ​ \u003cbr\u003e Combining the accuracy and detail of traditional philology with a big-picture study of recurrent patterns and methodological trends across Aristarchus' work, this volume offers a new approach to scholarship in Alexandrian and classical philology. It will be the go-to reference book on this topic for many years to come, and will usher in a new way of addressing the highly technical work of ancient scholars without losing philological accuracy. This book will be valuable to classicists and philologists interested in Homer and Homeric criticism in antiquity, Hellenistic scholarship, and ancient literary criticism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francesca Schironi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472130765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472130764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 2.40d","brand":"Francesca Schironi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086709502207,"sku":"9780472130764","price":154.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_311b0575-d47b-447b-8615-7b75f8b42289.jpg?v=1769096123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-of-the-grammarians-francesca-schironi-9780472130764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}