The Homer Encyclopedia represents the first comprehensive reference work encompassing the world and artistry of Homer, the historical and cultural background of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homeric scholarship, and Homeric reception from antiquity to the present.

• Represents the first encyclopedia on Homer ever published
• Features contributions from 130 recent and established Homeric scholars
• Covers Homeric scholarship and reception from antiquity to the present
• 1360 entries supplying information on every aspect of the Homeric poems

An international team of experts discusses the processes of canon-formation in the ancient world, addressing such issues as canon and the articulation of identity; the hermeneutical attitude toward canonical texts; textual fixity and openness; oral and written canons; methods of transmission, and more.