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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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This use of divinity made it possible for the poet to accept as credible the incredible , and to solve his difficulties by a method which is to us absurd and unthinkable . These three things , the unity in outlook and feeling of his ...
This use of divinity made it possible for the poet to accept as credible the incredible , and to solve his difficulties by a method which is to us absurd and unthinkable . These three things , the unity in outlook and feeling of his ...
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Antiquity never hesitated to assign them to one poet , and gave that poet the name of Homer . Criticism and discussion of Homer began with Xenophanes of Colophon and continued until the collapse of ancient civilization , and from ...
Antiquity never hesitated to assign them to one poet , and gave that poet the name of Homer . Criticism and discussion of Homer began with Xenophanes of Colophon and continued until the collapse of ancient civilization , and from ...
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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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| Title | Martin Classical Lectures, Volume 1; Volume 1930 Martin classical lectures |
| Editor | Louis Eleazer Lord |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1931 |
| Length | 181 pages |
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