Word: homer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Merry's "Homer's Odyssey, Books...
...Perrin's Homer's Odyssey Books...
Professor Wright of the Greek department delivered a very interesting lecture on Homer to an audience of 250 yesterday afternoon in Sever 11. Professor Wright commenced with a glowing description of Delphi, the Meeca of the Greeks, its temple and trophies. The temple now stands in wins but the literature of the Greeks remains to tell us of their world of thought, a world in which Homer is a mighty force...
...Hiad and Odyssey which usher in the literature of Europe are long poems of about 15000 lines each. The general subject of the Hiad is the wrath of Achilles and its due consequence, of the Odyssey, the adventures of Ulysses and Telemachus. Although there are many who doubt Homer's authorship, all agree that at about 1300 or 1200 BC the Greeks had attained much civilization and that songs were sung in which heroes were celebrated. Later the spirit of adventure was felt and this gave rise to new legends into which the old heroes entered. Myth and history became...
...Perrin's Homer's Odyssey Books...