Im Zentrum des Kommentars zum 3. Gesang steht die Interpretation des zeremoniellen Zweikampfs zwischen den Rivalen um Helena, Paris und Menelaos - einer Szene, die die Ursache und den Anfang des Troianischen Krieges spiegelt. In der beruhmten Mauerschau werden Agamemnon, Odysseus und Aias vorgestellt, und es zeigt sich, wie sehr Paris und Helena trotz inneren und aueren Konflikten letzlich einander verfallen sind.

Since Ameis-Hentze-Cauer (1868-1913) no comprehensive, scholarly commentary of Homer's Iliad has been published in German. In the meantime considerable progress has been made in many traditional areas of Homeric studies (language, realia, structure etc.). In addition, generally acknowledged new fields such as narratology have been systematically studied. Furthermore, the knowledge of the Mycenaean language (Linear B) and oral poetry provide completely new possibilities of textual constitution and analysis. Using the old Ameis-Hentze-Cauer as a starting point, the new commentary reflects the...

Since Ameis-Hentze-Cauer (1868-1913) no comprehensive, scholarly commentary of Homer's Iliad has been published in German. In the meantime considerable progress has been made in many traditional areas of Homeric studies (language, realia, structure etc.). In addition, generally acknowledged new fields such as narratology have been systematically studied. Furthermore, the knowledge of the Mycenaean language (Linear B) and oral poetry provide completely new possibilities of textual constitution and analysis. Using the old Ameis-Hentze-Cauer as a starting point, the new commentary reflects the...