Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3: I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek RacesGladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
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Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3: I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek Races
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
Civilization, Homeric; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Homer
Difference between Epithets and Titles 440
Examples of Homeric titles 443
The Βασιλεὺς of Homer 443
Common interpretations of the ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν 443
Some particulars of its use in Homer 446
How far connected with metrical convenience 447
The κρείων and the ποιμὴν λαῶν 448
Arguments for a specific meaning in ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν 450
Persons to whom the title is applied 453
Persons to whom it might have been applied 455
Associations of reverence with it 456
It may indicate patriarchal chieftaincy 459
Presumptions of this in the case of Agamemnon 461
Propositions respecting his extraction and station 463
Arguments against his Hellenic descent considered 465
Connection of Tantalus with Greece and with Pelops 466
As to the seat of his power 470
Homeric notices of Pelops 471
The Achæans rose with him 472
They came from Thessaly 474
The Dorians appropriate the Pelopid succession 477
Protest against the popular tradition of the Hellenidæ 480
Which, however, bears witness to the connection
with Thessaly 481
Case of Agamemnon summed up 482
The cases of Anchises and Æneas 484
Presumptive evidence as to Anchises 486
Presumptive evidence as to Æneas 486
Evidence from the Dardanid genealogy 489
From the horses of Tros 490
Evidence summed up 491
Signs of kin between Trojans and Greeks 492
Signs connected with the Hellic name 496
The Hellespont of Homer 497
The gift of Echepolus Anchisiades 499
Twofold bond, Hellic as well as Pelasgic 499
Case of Augeias stated 500
Notes of connection between Elis and the North 502
Relation of Augeias to the name Ephyre 504
Cluster of apparently cognate names 505
The race of Φῆρες 509
Common root of all these names 510
Probable signification of Ἐφύρη 513
Places bearing the name Ἐφύρη 515
Summary of the evidence for Augeias 519
Case of Euphetes 520
The site of his Ephyre 521
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