Prolegomena ad Homerum

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Prolegomena ad Homerum is Friedrich August Wolf’s groundbreaking 1795 philological study that challenged the traditional view of Homeric authorship and helped found modern classical scholarship.

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Prolegomena ad Homerum canonical 1
Prolegomena to Homer 1
Prolegomena to the Iliad 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philological study ⓘ
work of classical scholarship ⓘ
argued Homeric poems were compiled from earlier lays and songs ⓘ
Homeric poems were the result of a long oral tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Enlightenment scholarship ⓘ
historical-critical method ⓘ
author Friedrich August Wolf ⓘ
challenged traditional view of Homer as single author of the Iliad and the Odyssey ⓘ
cites ancient testimonia about Homer ⓘ
contributedTo professionalization of classical philology ⓘ
questioning of traditional authorship attributions in classical literature ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
describedAs foundational work of modern philology ⓘ
groundbreaking study in philology ⓘ
field classical philology ⓘ
classical studies ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
focusesOn composition of the Iliad ⓘ
composition of the Odyssey ⓘ
role of rhapsodes in preserving Homeric poetry ⓘ
transmission of Homeric texts ⓘ
genre scholarly monograph ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century philology ⓘ
German classical scholarship ⓘ
subsequent debates on the unity of the Iliad ⓘ
subsequent debates on the unity of the Odyssey ⓘ
hasTitleTranslation Prolegomena to Homer ⓘ
influenced development of modern classical scholarship ⓘ
historical-critical approach to ancient texts ⓘ
methods of textual criticism ⓘ
modern Homeric studies ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainTopic Homeric authorship ⓘ
Homeric question ⓘ
textual criticism of Homer ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn Halle ⓘ
linked to: Halle (Saale)
partOf Homeric question discourse ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
proposes distinction between original poems and later editorial work ⓘ
publicationYear 1795 ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed Archaic Greece ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
usesMethod historical analysis of ancient sources ⓘ
philological analysis ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
workBy Friedrich August Wolf ⓘ

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Friedrich August Wolf → notableWork → Prolegomena ad Homerum ⓘ
Prolegomena ad Homerum → hasTitleTranslation → Prolegomena to Homer ⓘ
linked to: Prolegomena ad Homerum
Adamantios Korais → notableWork → Prolegomena to the Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Prolegomena ad Homerum
Adamantios Korais → notableWork → Prolegomena to the Odyssey ⓘ
linked to: Prolegomena ad Homerum