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The Wittenberg Scholia on the Homeric Poem
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Abstract
This chapter is a study of comprehensive marginal notes on the Iliad and the Odyssey dating from the University of Wittenberg in the 1550s. It argues attribution of the notes to Philip Melanchthon and credits their transmission to his successor in the chair of Greek, Vitus Winshemius. The notes give an unparalleled illustration of the Wittenberg school of interpretation as applied to Homer in a period of turmoil, following the defeat of Protestant princes by Charles V in 1547. The Wittenberg scholia represent an attempt to read Homer as the ancients read him. Virgil was the most authoritative ancient reader. His imitation of Homeric passages in the Aeneid guided rhetorical and dialectical study of the Iliad and the Odyssey in Wittenberg. The chapter illustrates creative uses of principles and terms established in ancient scholia, including novel approaches to heroic similes and heroic prayers.
Title: The Wittenberg Scholia on the Homeric Poem
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Abstract
This chapter is a study of comprehensive marginal notes on the Iliad and the Odyssey dating from the University of Wittenberg in the 1550s.
It argues attribution of the notes to Philip Melanchthon and credits their transmission to his successor in the chair of Greek, Vitus Winshemius.
The notes give an unparalleled illustration of the Wittenberg school of interpretation as applied to Homer in a period of turmoil, following the defeat of Protestant princes by Charles V in 1547.
The Wittenberg scholia represent an attempt to read Homer as the ancients read him.
Virgil was the most authoritative ancient reader.
His imitation of Homeric passages in the Aeneid guided rhetorical and dialectical study of the Iliad and the Odyssey in Wittenberg.
The chapter illustrates creative uses of principles and terms established in ancient scholia, including novel approaches to heroic similes and heroic prayers.
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