The World of Homer

Name: The World of Homer
Author: Lang, Andrew

Lang, Andrew

Civilization, Homeric; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Homer; Homer -- Criticism and interpretation

Kalewala, the Finnish, 165, 166.
    Kirchhoff, Herr, cited on Homeric mention of iron, 100.
    Kuhnert, Herr Ernst, on quality of Homer's poetry, 169.

    Laertes, 43.
    Laestrygones, 18.
    Laid law, William, 294.
    Land Tenure, Homeric, 21-3;
      in Ionian colonies, 23.
    Langside, battle of, 53.
    Laocoon,215.
    Laomedon, 162.
    Layard. Sir A. H., cited on Greek armour and costume, 67, 74, 91,
     92, 93.
    Leaf, Walter, cited on Homeric fighting, 58;
      on Homeric armour, 70, 76;
      on costume of Mycenaean women, 83-4;
      on archaic female costume, 94;
      on false passage in the _Iliad_, 103;
      on Demeter and Diogenes, 118;
      on the "chiton trailers," 138;
      on Theseus myth, 155, 214;
      on Panyassis, 172;
      on Thersites, 181;
      on character of the Cyclic Poems, 200;
      on the Catalogue, _219_, 258;
      on the unity of the _Odyssey_, 224;
      on the camp wall, 230;
      on certain alleged contradictions, 231, 233, 241;
      on Thetis, 244;
      on Book VIII. of the _Iliad_, 292-3.
    Lemnos, adventures of the Argonauts in, 179.
    Leonymus, 213.
    Lesches, 200.
    Locrians, archery of the, 53, 55, 137.
    Lom, Ian, 28.
    Lucretius, his theory of ghosts, 110.
    Lycians, the, intermarriages of Greeks with, 17, 144.
    Lycurgus, legends of, 118-9, 231;
    worshipped by the Spartans, 126;
    connection of, with the Homeric Recitations, 282, 283, 285, 286.
    Lynceus, 207, 208.

    Mabinogion, the Welsh, 166.
    MacAllister, R.A.S., result of his excavations at Gezer, 99.
    Mackenzie, Dr., on Homeric armour, 73.
    Mahaffy, J. P., on the Attic standard of morality, 188-9.
    Marathon, 174; Bull of, 175.
    Marriage, adelphic, 276.
    Medea, r., 34, 180;
      un-Homeric legends of, 165-7, 173-75
      not mentioned by Homer, 177;
      Eumelian account of, 178.
    Meges, reared by Theano, 161.
    Melanippus, worship of, 126.
    Melanthius, 102; fate of, 278.
    Meleager, the "golden-haired," r., 14, 16, 25, 34;
      gifts offered to, for his services, 21;
      war between, and the Couretes, 28;
      family feud of, 43;
      Homeric tradition of his fate, 161, 169;
      Thersites insulted by, 180.
    Melissa, 112.
    Memnon, 163; Ionian tradition of, 213.
    Menelaus, his home, 31;
    chivalrous character of, 37, 46, 248, 250;
      affection of Agamemnon for, 43;
      aids Odysseus, 52;
      arrow-smitten, 76, 77, 278;
      Ionian hostility to, 160;
      un-Homeric traditions of, 190, 207, 208;
      r., 15, 16, 71, 127, 265.
    Menestheus, 137, 138.
    Milton, John, 14, 253, 255.
    Mimnermus, cited on Aia, 178.
    Minos, Idomeneus descended from, 14, 16;
      blood-sacrifices said to have been abolished by, 113;
      Homeric view of, 155-6;
      un-Homeric legends of, 167;
      his bull, 175;
      fate of, obscure, 279; r., 154
    Minotaur, the, 15, 156, 175.
    Momus, advice of, 204-5.
    Monro, D.

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The World of Homer

Lang, Andrew

Civilization, Homeric; Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism; Homer; Homer -- Criticism and interpretation

Kalewala, the Finnish, 165, 166.
    Kirchhoff, Herr, cited on Homeric mention of iron, 100.
    Kuhnert, Herr Ernst, on quality of Homer's poetry, 169.

    Laertes, 43.
    Laestrygones, 18.
    Laid law, William, 294.
    Land Tenure, Homeric, 21-3;
      in Ionian colonies, 23.
    Langside, battle of, 53.
    Laocoon,215.
    Laomedon, 162.
    Layard. Sir A. H., cited on Greek armour and costume, 67, 74, 91,
     92, 93.
    Leaf, Walter, cited on Homeric fighting, 58;
      on Homeric armour, 70, 76;
      on costume of Mycenaean women, 83-4;
      on archaic female costume, 94;
      on false passage in the _Iliad_, 103;
      on Demeter and Diogenes, 118;
      on the "chiton trailers," 138;
      on Theseus myth, 155, 214;
      on Panyassis, 172;
      on Thersites, 181;
      on character of the Cyclic Poems, 200;
      on the Catalogue, _219_, 258;
      on the unity of the _Odyssey_, 224;
      on the camp wall, 230;
      on certain alleged contradictions, 231, 233, 241;
      on Thetis, 244;
      on Book VIII. of the _Iliad_, 292-3.
    Lemnos, adventures of the Argonauts in, 179.
    Leonymus, 213.
    Lesches, 200.
    Locrians, archery of the, 53, 55, 137.
    Lom, Ian, 28.
    Lucretius, his theory of ghosts, 110.
    Lycians, the, intermarriages of Greeks with, 17, 144.
    Lycurgus, legends of, 118-9, 231;
    worshipped by the Spartans, 126;
    connection of, with the Homeric Recitations, 282, 283, 285, 286.
    Lynceus, 207, 208.

    Mabinogion, the Welsh, 166.
    MacAllister, R.A.S., result of his excavations at Gezer, 99.
    Mackenzie, Dr., on Homeric armour, 73.
    Mahaffy, J. P., on the Attic standard of morality, 188-9.
    Marathon, 174; Bull of, 175.
    Marriage, adelphic, 276.
    Medea, r., 34, 180;
      un-Homeric legends of, 165-7, 173-75
      not mentioned by Homer, 177;
      Eumelian account of, 178.
    Meges, reared by Theano, 161.
    Melanippus, worship of, 126.
    Melanthius, 102; fate of, 278.
    Meleager, the "golden-haired," r., 14, 16, 25, 34;
      gifts offered to, for his services, 21;
      war between, and the Couretes, 28;
      family feud of, 43;
      Homeric tradition of his fate, 161, 169;
      Thersites insulted by, 180.
    Melissa, 112.
    Memnon, 163; Ionian tradition of, 213.
    Menelaus, his home, 31;
    chivalrous character of, 37, 46, 248, 250;
      affection of Agamemnon for, 43;
      aids Odysseus, 52;
      arrow-smitten, 76, 77, 278;
      Ionian hostility to, 160;
      un-Homeric traditions of, 190, 207, 208;
      r., 15, 16, 71, 127, 265.
    Menestheus, 137, 138.
    Milton, John, 14, 253, 255.
    Mimnermus, cited on Aia, 178.
    Minos, Idomeneus descended from, 14, 16;
      blood-sacrifices said to have been abolished by, 113;
      Homeric view of, 155-6;
      un-Homeric legends of, 167;
      his bull, 175;
      fate of, obscure, 279; r., 154
    Minotaur, the, 15, 156, 175.
    Momus, advice of, 204-5.
    Monro, D.

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