Walter Leaf (1852–1927), banker, classicist and alpinist, held various positions as chairman of the Westminster Bank, founder of the London Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hellenic Society, reflecting his wide-ranging professional and scholarly interests. Leaf was educated at Harrow School...

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Main Author:	Leaf, Walter 1852-1927 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1912
Series:	Cambridge library collection. Classics
Subjects:	Homer / Knowledge / Troy (Extinct city) Homer / Iliad Homerus > ca. v8. Jh. Funde Wissen Epic poetry, Greek / History and criticism Geography, Ancient Trojan War / Literature and the war Geografie Türkei Troy (Extinct city) Turkey / Antiquities Troy (Extinct city) / In literature Troas Troja
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Walter Leaf (1852–1927), banker, classicist and alpinist, held various positions as chairman of the Westminster Bank, founder of the London Chamber of Commerce and president of the Hellenic Society, reflecting his wide-ranging professional and scholarly interests. Leaf was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in 1875. As a scholar, Leaf was concerned with uncovering the physical reality of the classical world, and in this 1912 work he 'aims at testing the tradition of the Trojan War by comparing the text of Homer with the natural conditions described, or more often implicitly assumed, in the Iliad'. This book draws on the archaeological work of Schliemann and Dörpfeld at Troy, but also on Leaf's own expert knowledge of the Iliad (of which his two-volume edition is also reissued in this series), thereby providing a thorough exploration of the historical geography of the Troad
Item Description:	Originally published in 1912. - Includes index
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 406 pages)
ISBN:	9781139924061
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781139924061