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The Women of Homer

Walter Copland Perry

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Description:Excerpt from The Women of HomerHE following pages are intended principally for English readers, and all that appeals exclusively to Greek scholars is relegated to the Appendices.How lively and thorough may be the sense and under standing of classical antiquity in those who have little or no knowledge of the Greek language, is exemplified in very numerous instances. Who has portrayed Greek and Roman heroes so faithfully as Shakespeare, with his small Latin and less Greek? Whose heart has been thrilled with greater rapture by the divine songs of Homer than those of Goethe and Schiller? Who has ever shown a more subtle instinct for Greek art and Greek poetry than Keats, in his Ode to a Grecian Urn, his Psyche and Endymion Yet none of these were classical scholars; they derived their know ledge of Greek literature chiefly from translations. The same may be predicated of many of our most popular modern artists, who delight to take their subjects from the two grand Epics of Homer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Women of Homer. To get started finding The Women of Homer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Women of HomerHE following pages are intended principally for English readers, and all that appeals exclusively to Greek scholars is relegated to the Appendices.How lively and thorough may be the sense and under standing of classical antiquity in those who have little or no knowledge of the Greek language, is exemplified in very numerous instances. Who has portrayed Greek and Roman heroes so faithfully as Shakespeare, with his small Latin and less Greek? Whose heart has been thrilled with greater rapture by the divine songs of Homer than those of Goethe and Schiller? Who has ever shown a more subtle instinct for Greek art and Greek poetry than Keats, in his Ode to a Grecian Urn, his Psyche and Endymion Yet none of these were classical scholars; they derived their know ledge of Greek literature chiefly from translations. The same may be predicated of many of our most popular modern artists, who delight to take their subjects from the two grand Epics of Homer.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Women of Homer. To get started finding The Women of Homer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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