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THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY JOHN A. SCOTT Professor of Greek in Northwestern University THE poet of the Odyssey had three great advantages over any modern poet : his audience , his language , and his theology or mythology .
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY JOHN A. SCOTT Professor of Greek in Northwestern University THE poet of the Odyssey had three great advantages over any modern poet : his audience , his language , and his theology or mythology .
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Nothing that corresponds to the final sound of such words as cab , bed , log , foot , dip , or plant is found or is possible in that language , but every word ends in a sound that can be indefinitely prolonged , that is in a liquid ...
Nothing that corresponds to the final sound of such words as cab , bed , log , foot , dip , or plant is found or is possible in that language , but every word ends in a sound that can be indefinitely prolonged , that is in a liquid ...
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The greatest thing about Homer is his language . Other poets have had great conceptions and earthfilling imaginations , but it is only the early Greeks who controlled this marvellous language , and we cannot tell whether Homer's superb ...
The greatest thing about Homer is his language . Other poets have had great conceptions and earthfilling imaginations , but it is only the early Greeks who controlled this marvellous language , and we cannot tell whether Homer's superb ...
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Contents
Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND THE MODERN WORLD | 125 |
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