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. — John Shaqi
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.Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
Philosophy
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.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
Civilization, Homeric; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Homer
(4) as Proprietor: the τέμενος 58
His revenues, from four sources in all 59
Burdens upon them 61
The political position of Agamemnon 62
The governing motives of the War 64
Position of Agamemnon in the army 66
His personal character 67
The relation of sovereign and subject a free one 67
The personal attendants of the King 69
The Aristocracy or chief proprietors 69
The Trades and Professions 70
The Slaves of the Homeric age 72
The θῆτες or hired servants 74
Supply of military service 75
Whether there was a peasant-proprietary 77
Political Economy of the Homeric age 78
The precious metals not a measure of value 81
Oxen in some degree a measure of value 82
Relative scarcity of certain metals 84
Mode of government of the Army 85
Its military composition 88
Chief descriptions of fighting men 91
The Battle and the Ambuscade 92
The Βουλὴ or Council of the Greeks 94
It subsisted in peace and in war 97
Opposition in the Βουλὴ 98
Agamemnon’s proposals of Return 99
The influence of Speech in the Heroic age 102
It was a subject of regular training 103
Varied descriptions of oratory in Homer 104
Achilles the paramount Orator 105
The orations of the poems 106
The power of repartee 108
The power of sarcasm 109
The faculty of debate in Homer 111
The discussion of the Ninth Iliad 111
Function of the Assembly in the Heroic age 114
The formal use of majorities unknown 116
The great decisions of the War taken there 117
It was not summoned exclusively by Agamemnon 118
Opposition in the Agorè by the chiefs 119
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