Measure and Music

This book is the first line-by-line analysis of enjambement and verse-internal breaks throughout the entire Iliad. Addressing larger stylistic questions concerning genre effect and the manipulation and enjambing of formulae Higbie examines a wide range of literary structures including speeches similes battle scenes and catalogues. A fundamental and thorough examination of enjambement in Homeric verse this work will become a standard reference for scholars and students of Homer.