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Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 / I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. — W. E. Gladstone

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 / I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer.

W. E. Gladstone

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 554 pages

This third volume collects W. E. Gladstone's essays on Homer and the Homeric age. It examines Agorè (Homeric polities), Ilios (Trojans and Greeks), Thalassa (outer geography), and Aoidos (Homeric poetry). Listen for a Victorian statesman's wide-ranging scholarly reading of the epics.

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STUDIES ON HOMER
AND
THE HOMERIC AGE.
BY THE
RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, D.C.L.
M. P. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
Plenius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore.—HLjǡĵŕŧ.
OXFORD:
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
M.DCCC.LVIII.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
STUDIES ON HOMER
AND
THE HOMERIC AGE.
I. AGORÈ:
POLITIES OF THE HOMERIC AGE.

II. ILIOS:
TROJANS AND GREEKS COMPARED.
III. THALASSA:
THE OUTER GEOGRAPHY.
IV. AOIDOS:
SOME POINTS OF THE POETRY OF HOMER.
BY THE
RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, D.C.L.
M. P. FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
Plenius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore.—HLjǡĵŕŧ.
OXFORD:
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
M.DCCC.LVIII.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]

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Contents

  1. STUDIES ON HOMER AND THE HOMERIC AGE.
  2. ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. THE CONTENTS.
  4. I. AGORÈ. THE POLITIES OF THE HOMERIC AGE.
  5. II. ILIOS. THE TROJANS COMPARED AND CONTRASTED WITH THE GREEKS.
  6. III. THALASSA. THE OUTER GEOGRAPHY OF THE ODYSSEY.
  7. EXCURSUS I. ON THE PARENTAGE AND EXTRACTION OF MINOS.
  8. EXCURSUS II. ON THE LINE ODYSS. V. 277.
  9. IV. AOIDOS.
  10. FOOTNOTES
  11. Transcriber's Note
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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