Iliad scholia
E319911
Byzantine commentary
Homeric scholarship
ancient scholia
classical commentary
philological resource
textual apparatus
The Iliad scholia are ancient marginal commentaries and notes on Homer's Iliad, preserving scholarly explanations, interpretations, and textual variants from classical and Byzantine scholars.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homeric scholia | 2 |
| Homeric commentaries | 1 |
| Iliad scholia canonical | 1 |
| Scholia on Homer | 1 |
| Townley manuscript of the Iliad | 1 |
| Venetus B manuscript of the Iliad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3027901 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iliad scholia Context triple: [Troilus, mentionedIn, Iliad scholia]
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A.
Prolegomena ad Homerum
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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B.
Die Ilias und Homer
"Die Ilias und Homer" is a seminal scholarly study by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that critically examines the origins, composition, and authorship of Homer's Iliad.
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C.
Homer's Iliad
Homer's Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Homer that recounts a pivotal period of the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the conflicts among gods and mortals.
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D.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
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E.
The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iliad scholia Target entity description: The Iliad scholia are ancient marginal commentaries and notes on Homer's Iliad, preserving scholarly explanations, interpretations, and textual variants from classical and Byzantine scholars.
-
A.
Prolegomena ad Homerum
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.
-
B.
Die Ilias und Homer
"Die Ilias und Homer" is a seminal scholarly study by classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff that critically examines the origins, composition, and authorship of Homer's Iliad.
-
C.
Homer's Iliad
Homer's Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Homer that recounts a pivotal period of the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the conflicts among gods and mortals.
-
D.
Parerga and Paralipomena
Parerga and Paralipomena is a collection of philosophical essays and aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer that elaborates and popularizes his pessimistic worldview and metaphysical ideas.
-
E.
The Apotheosis of Homer
The Apotheosis of Homer is a neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres that idealizes the ancient Greek poet Homer enthroned and venerated by great figures from art and literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine commentary
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Homeric scholarship ⓘ ancient scholia ⓘ classical commentary ⓘ philological resource ⓘ textual apparatus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aristarchus of Samothrace
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Didymus Chalcenterus ⓘ Nicanor ⓘ Porphyry ⓘ Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ |
| contains |
allegorical interpretations
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etymological notes ⓘ explanatory comments ⓘ geographical explanations ⓘ grammatical explanations ⓘ historical interpretations ⓘ lexical glosses ⓘ metrical notes ⓘ mythographical notes ⓘ references to earlier scholarship ⓘ rhetorical explanations ⓘ textual variants ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Alexandrian scholarship ⓘ |
| field |
Homeric studies
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classical philology ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| hasForm |
interlinear notes
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marginal notes ⓘ separate commentary texts ⓘ |
| importance |
evidence for the textual history of the Iliad
ⓘ
primary source for ancient Homeric scholarship ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locationOfOrigin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| locationOfTransmission | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Iliad scholia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Townley manuscript of the Iliad
Venetus A manuscript of the Iliad ⓘ Iliad scholia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Venetus B manuscript of the Iliad
other medieval Iliad manuscripts ⓘ |
| purpose |
to explain difficult passages in the Iliad
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to preserve earlier scholarly opinions ⓘ to record variant readings of the Iliad text ⓘ |
| script | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Byzantine period
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Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman Imperial period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Byzantine scholars
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ancient readers ⓘ modern classicists ⓘ |
| workOn | Homer's Iliad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Iliad scholia Description of subject: The Iliad scholia are ancient marginal commentaries and notes on Homer's Iliad, preserving scholarly explanations, interpretations, and textual variants from classical and Byzantine scholars.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Scholia on Homer
this entity surface form:
Homeric commentaries
this entity surface form:
Homeric scholia
this entity surface form:
Homeric scholia
this entity surface form:
Venetus B manuscript of the Iliad
this entity surface form:
Townley manuscript of the Iliad