Homer: The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations

There is strength in the union even of very sorry men. (Iliad, Book XIII, l. 237)

Homer.
Homerou kai Hesiodou Agon = Homeri et Hesiodi Certamen, Nunc Primum Luce Donatum. Geneva: Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1573.
Call Number: (RARE) PA 4009 .Z7 1573
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Homer Text

This edition is a parody on Homer's original text, part of a long tradition of burlesques on classical texts. Note the liberal use of both Greek and Latin typefaces. The text contains some Hebrew as well.

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