Word: homer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecturer said that when Greek civilization passed away Homer lost much of that broad influence which he had exercised over the life and intellect of the civilized world. He lost his character as a philosopher and came to be regarded merely for his position in literature. Later he was not even accorded the supremacy in literature. In the Augustan age and the later centuries he was not appreciated, and Virgil was held in higher estimation. With the revival of letters, at the period of the Renaissance, the Greek language began to regain much of its lost power and Homer...
...Study of Homer." Lecture. Professor Wright. Sever 11, 3 p. m. Open to the public...
Yesterday afternoon in Sever 11 Professor Wright gave the first of two lectures upon "Homer." These lectures are open to the public, but they are designed especially to benefit students taking either Greek B or Greek C. Professor Wright had the close attention of his audience throughout, and the help gained from his lecture by those students about to take up the study of Homer cannot fail to be great...
...lecturer said in brief that the ancient world has passed away, but its arts and literature still remain, and from these we can bring everything before as connected with the life of the races which lived and flourished centuries ago. In all these traditional and historical remembrances, Homer is seen as a central figure. In the Greek world long ago he was the same glorious power that he is to us today. Seven hundred years before Christ, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey marked the beginning of the literature of all Europe, and through all the ages since they have been...
Recitations in Greek B and C will be omitted on Monday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 13. On these days Professor Wright will give public lectures on Homer in Sever 11 at 3 p. m., and members of the above courses are expected to attend. Subjects: 1-"Homer in Greek life and thought;" 2-"The study of Homer...