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W. W. Merry (1835–1918)

Author of Commentary on the Odyssey

12+ Works 44 Members

About the Author

Includes the names: W. Walter Merry, William Walter Merry, W.W. Merry (intro. & notes)

Image credit: William Walter Merry [credit: Cyrus Johnson (1848–1925)]

Works by W. W. Merry

Commentary on the Odyssey (1886) 13 copies

Selected Fragments of Roman Poetry: From the Earliest Times of the Republic to the Augustan Age (2010) 9 copies

Homer's Odyssey, Volume 1 of 2: Books I-XII (1887) 8 copies

Selections From Herodotus with Introduction, Notes, and Maps (1880) — Editor — 3 copies

Homer’s Odyssey (1887) 3 copies

6 Plays: Acharnians / Knights / Clouds / Birds / Frogs / Wasps 2 copies

Aristophanes : the knights 1 copy

Aristophanes : The Acharnians, with Introduction, Notes and a Dialectical Glossary 1 copy

The Clouds (Nubes) (Greek) (1959) 1 copy

Specimens of Greek dialects being a fourth Greek reader with introductions and notes 1 copy

Odyssey: books I-XII. With introd., notes, etc. (Greek Edition) (2010) 1 copy

The Frogs (2012) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Odyssey (0700) — Editor, some editions — 62,091 copies, 521 reviews

The Frogs [in translation] (0405) — Editor, some editions — 781 copies, 16 reviews

The Acharnians [Greek text] (0425) — Editor, some editions — 162 copies, 2 reviews

Homer: Odyssey Books VII-XII - With Introduction, Notes, and Table of Homeric Forms — Editor, some editions — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Merry, William Walter
Birthdate: 1835-09-06
Date of death: 1918-03-05
Gender: male
Education: Cheltenham College
Balliol College, Oxford
Occupations: classical scholar
clergyman
educator
Organizations: Lincoln College, Oxford
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK
Places of residence: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Burial location: Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Works: 12
Also by: 4
Members: 44
Popularity: #346,249
Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 6

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