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

Binning, cited on Homeric use of iron, 100-2, 104;
      on pollution and purification, 133;
      on non-reference to Aethra, 155;
      on the Cyclic Poems, _197_, 198-9;
      on Homer's ignorance of Taurus, 210;
      on the Athenian Recitations, 282-4, 285.
    Mülder, Herr, his criticism of Homeric battles, 56, 58-59.
    Mure, Col., 226.
    Murray, G. G. A., cited on bride-price, 39;
      female infanticide, _44_;
      on Hector, 46;
      on Homeric battles, 56-57, _57-8_;
      on Homeric armour, 70, _71_, _73_;
      on Homeric mention of iron, 104;
      on cremation, 107, _109_;
      on sacrificial rites, 129, _130_;
      suggests a difference in date between portions of the _Iliad_,
        _131_;
      on the Cyclic Poems, 150, 200;
      on the Ionian Colonists, 144;
      thinks Homer borrowed from "Eumelus," 171, _172_;
      on reluctance of scholars to admit the possibility of Homer
      having borrowed, 176-77;
      on Thersites, 180;
      on Hector's connection with Boeotia, 183, 184;
      on the quality of the _Iliad_, 203;
      on the presumed date of the Homeric Epics, 218, 219-21;
      his theory of expurgation, 252, 260-8, 288;
      particular passages from, quoted and discussed, 268-80, 289-91.
    Mycenaean, shields, 5;
      --culture, 7;
      --tombs, 32;
      --palaces, 33;
      --daggers, 48;
      --arrow points, 50;
      --Warrior Vase, 56, 62;
      --battles, 56, 57;
      --female costume, 83-4;
      --gods and goddesses, 113, 114.
    Myres, J. L., cited on Greek female costume, 94;
      on Pelasgian question, 153.

    Naber, Herr, cited, 98.
    Nausicaa Homeric presentment of, 34, 37, 83.
    Nausithous, a builder of temples, 130;
      founder of Phaeacia, 170.
    Neleidae, the, 140, 159.
    Nelius, Attic legend of, 23;
      feud of, with Heracles, 135-6, 168; r., 34.
    Nemesis of Rhamnus, a non-Achaean goddess, 199, 212, 221;
      conflicting traditions of, 206-7.
    Neoptolemus, prowess of, at Troy, 216.
    Nephele, legends of, 163-4.
    Nestor, his tales of ancient fights, 10-1, 28, 58, 59, 161;
      cited on the Achaean attitude towards the Over Lord, 25-6;
      his house, 31;
      visited by Athene, 128-9;
      feud of, with Heracles, 135-6, 168;
      garrulity of, 208;
      mentions the camp wall, 229, 230;
      and the interchange of shields, 252;
      site of his city of Pylos, 257-8;
      r., 43, 97. 215.
    Njal, offers a bride-price, 38.

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The World of Homer

Lang, Andrew

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

Binning, cited on Homeric use of iron, 100-2, 104;
      on pollution and purification, 133;
      on non-reference to Aethra, 155;
      on the Cyclic Poems, _197_, 198-9;
      on Homer's ignorance of Taurus, 210;
      on the Athenian Recitations, 282-4, 285.
    Mülder, Herr, his criticism of Homeric battles, 56, 58-59.
    Mure, Col., 226.
    Murray, G. G. A., cited on bride-price, 39;
      female infanticide, _44_;
      on Hector, 46;
      on Homeric battles, 56-57, _57-8_;
      on Homeric armour, 70, _71_, _73_;
      on Homeric mention of iron, 104;
      on cremation, 107, _109_;
      on sacrificial rites, 129, _130_;
      suggests a difference in date between portions of the _Iliad_,
        _131_;
      on the Cyclic Poems, 150, 200;
      on the Ionian Colonists, 144;
      thinks Homer borrowed from "Eumelus," 171, _172_;
      on reluctance of scholars to admit the possibility of Homer
      having borrowed, 176-77;
      on Thersites, 180;
      on Hector's connection with Boeotia, 183, 184;
      on the quality of the _Iliad_, 203;
      on the presumed date of the Homeric Epics, 218, 219-21;
      his theory of expurgation, 252, 260-8, 288;
      particular passages from, quoted and discussed, 268-80, 289-91.
    Mycenaean, shields, 5;
      --culture, 7;
      --tombs, 32;
      --palaces, 33;
      --daggers, 48;
      --arrow points, 50;
      --Warrior Vase, 56, 62;
      --battles, 56, 57;
      --female costume, 83-4;
      --gods and goddesses, 113, 114.
    Myres, J. L., cited on Greek female costume, 94;
      on Pelasgian question, 153.

    Naber, Herr, cited, 98.
    Nausicaa Homeric presentment of, 34, 37, 83.
    Nausithous, a builder of temples, 130;
      founder of Phaeacia, 170.
    Neleidae, the, 140, 159.
    Nelius, Attic legend of, 23;
      feud of, with Heracles, 135-6, 168; r., 34.
    Nemesis of Rhamnus, a non-Achaean goddess, 199, 212, 221;
      conflicting traditions of, 206-7.
    Neoptolemus, prowess of, at Troy, 216.
    Nephele, legends of, 163-4.
    Nestor, his tales of ancient fights, 10-1, 28, 58, 59, 161;
      cited on the Achaean attitude towards the Over Lord, 25-6;
      his house, 31;
      visited by Athene, 128-9;
      feud of, with Heracles, 135-6, 168;
      garrulity of, 208;
      mentions the camp wall, 229, 230;
      and the interchange of shields, 252;
      site of his city of Pylos, 257-8;
      r., 43, 97. 215.
    Njal, offers a bride-price, 38.

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