| Author |
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 |
| Title |
Homer and His Age
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| Contents |
The Homeric age -- Hypotheses as to the growth of the epics -- Hypotheses of epic composition -- Loose feudalism: the over-lord in "Iliad," books I and II -- Agamemnon in the later "Iliad" -- Archaeology of the "Iliad": burial and cremation -- Homeric armour -- The breastplate -- Bronze and iron -- The Homeric house -- Notes of change in the "Odyssey" -- Linguistic proofs of various dates -- The "Doloneia": "Iliad," book X -- The interpolations of Nestor -- The comparative study of early epics -- Homer and the French mediaeval epics -- Conclusion.
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| Credits |
Produced by David Moynihan, Lee Dawei, Miranda van de
Heijning, David Widger, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
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| Subject |
Homer
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| Subject |
Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
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| Subject |
Homer -- Homes and haunts -- Greece
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| Subject |
Civilization, Homeric
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
7972 |
| Release Date |
Apr 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Apr 9, 2013 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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