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
Homer’s different modes of handling for Greece and Troy 190
Moral superiority of his Greeks on the whole 192
Homer’s account of the abduction of Helen 193
The Greek estimate of Paris 197
Its relation to prevailing views of Marriage 200
And to Greek views of Homicide 202
The Trojan estimate of Paris 205
Public opinion less developed in Troy 206
The Trojans more sensual and false 207
Trojan ideas and usages of Marriage 210
The family of Priam 211
Stricter ideas among the Greeks 215
Trojan Polity less highly organized 216
Rule of Succession in Troy 217
Succession to the throne of Priam 219
Paris, most probably, was his eldest son 221
Position of Priam and his dynasty in Troas 223
Meaning of Τροίη and of Ἴλιος 224
Evidence from the Trojan Catalogue 225
Extent of his sovereignty and supremacy 228
Polity of Ilios: the Βασιλεύς 232
The Assembly 232
The greater weight of Age in Troy 234
The absence of a Βουλὴ in Troy 236
The greater weight of oratory in Greece 239
Trojans less gifted with self-command 242
And with intelligence generally 244
Difference in the pursuits of high-born youth 245
Difference as to αἰδὼς 246
Summary of differences 247
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