Word: homeric
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Iliad," Homer; translated by Bryant...
Turning to the poetry of Brittany, M. Le Braz said, "Every Breton because of his national celtic traits is born a poet." The collection of lyrics and epics published by the Viscomte de la Villemaque in 1839 was ranked by George Sand above Homer, and a more recent collection by Luzel and Le Braz is even more surprizing. As an example the lecturer recited. the funeral ode written by Julien Cadonal on the eve of his execution...
...that of the other Celtic peoples. In summing up their characteristic traits he pointed out the craving for adventure which has constantly lead them from the east to the west, from the old world to the new. They became greater navigators than the Phoenicians or the Scandinavians, and Homer's Odessey in comparison with St. Brandon's voyages seems but a commonplace trip. No race has been so endowed in the creation of fiction as the common peasants of Brittany and Ireland, who excel the ancient poets in weaving imaginative tales, such as the Arthurean cycle...
...current number of the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal contains a paper on "The Physical Aspect of American Football" written by Dr. Edward H. Nichols '86 and Dr. Homer B. Smith '00, the two surgeons who had charge of the Harvard football squad this fall. That article is here reprinted, by courtesy of the Harvard Bulletin, except for a certain portion which is a technical description of the injuries received in the game and the methods and appliances used in treating them; and a list of injuries received while playing football prior to 1905, and a list of injuries received...
...Homer Howells Harbour...