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Page 99
... tell whether Homer's superb meter , the dactylic hexameter , is due to the language , or the language is due to the hexameter , as each seems born for the other . Homer can be comprehended and appreciated only in his own language . It ...
... tell whether Homer's superb meter , the dactylic hexameter , is due to the language , or the language is due to the hexameter , as each seems born for the other . Homer can be comprehended and appreciated only in his own language . It ...
Page 112
... tell to us also , " but it does mean " tell even to us " or to " me . " All through this introduction the poet assumes to be pleading with the poetic muse to tell him the story of the hero who is to be the theme of his song , and he ...
... tell to us also , " but it does mean " tell even to us " or to " me . " All through this introduction the poet assumes to be pleading with the poetic muse to tell him the story of the hero who is to be the theme of his song , and he ...
Page 122
... telling of familiar tales by saying , “ We know the fate of all the others . " Proteus was saved from any obligation to tell the story of the Iliad by saying to Menelaus , " You were present at the battle . " There are three different ...
... telling of familiar tales by saying , “ We know the fate of all the others . " Proteus was saved from any obligation to tell the story of the Iliad by saying to Menelaus , " You were present at the battle . " There are three different ...
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