A close reading of the Odyssey, with attention to thematic, linguistic, and other matters.
Notable textual variations
51 and 72 omitted in Laurentianus 32,24
51 δώματα van Thiel, West: δώμασι most MSS
70 ὅου van Thiel: ὅο West from one MS where ὅο was written then altered to ὅου
88 Ἰθάκηνδ’ ἐϲελεύϲομαι van Thiel: Ἰθάκηνδε ἐλεύϲομαι West (both have MS support)
89 μᾶλλον van Thiel: μάλλον West (explained in Iliad vol. 1, intro., p. xx s.v. ἄσσον)
93 Ϲπάρτην van Thiel, West: Κρήτην Zenodotos
Punctuation:
64 ποῖόν ϲε ἔποϲ φύγεν ἕρκοϲ ὀδόντων with full stop van Thiel: with question mark West
References
Jones, P. V. 1988. ‘The κλέος of Telemachus: Odyssey 1.95.’ AJP 109: 496-506.
Louden, B. 1995. ‘Categories of Homeric wordplay.’ TAPA 125: 27-46.
Reece, S. 1994. ‘The Cretan Odyssey: a lie truer than truth.’ AJP 115: 157-173.
Commentaries
Ameis, K. F.; Hentze, C.; Cauer, P. 1964 [1908-1920]. Homers Odyssee für den Schulgebrauch erklärt, 4 vols., 13th ed. (i.1), 11th ed. (i.2), 9th ed. (ii.1), 10th ed. (ii.2). Leipzig.
De Jong, I. J. F. 2001. A narratological commentary on the Odysesy. Cambridge.
Heubeck, A. et al. 1988-1992 [1981-1988]. A commentary on Homer’s Odyssey, 3 vols. Oxford. Translated from Homero. Odissea, 6 vols., Milano.
Jones, P. V. 1988. Homer’s Odyssey: a commentary based on the English translation of Richmond Lattimore. Bristol.
Stanford, W. B. 1958-1959 [1947-1948]. The Odyssey of Homer, 2 vols., 2nd ed. Houndmills/Basingstoke.
Critical editions
van Thiel, H. 1991. Homeri Odyssea. Hildesheim.
West, M. L. 2017. Homerus. Odyssea. Berlin/Boston.