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The World of Homer.

by LANG, Andrew.:

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London: Longmans Green and Co., 1910.. 1st edition. Contents:I.Homer's World. The Four Ages; II.Homeric Lands and Peoples; III.Homeic Polity. The Over Lord; IV.Homer's Worlld in Peace; V.Men and Women; VI.Thee Homeic World in War; VII.Homeric Tactics; VIII.Men's Dress in Homer. Armour; IX.Women's Costume; X.Bronze and Iron. Weapons and Tools; XI.Burial and the Future Life; XII.Religion in Greece: Pre-Historic, Homeric, and Historical; XIII.Temples. Altars. Ritual. Purification; XIV.Homer and Ionia; XV.Attic versus Achaean Traditions; XVI.Homer and "The Saga"; XVII.The Story of Palamedes; XVIII.Homer and the Cyclic Poems; XIX.The Great Discrepancies; XX.Conclusions. Appendixes: The Catalogue; The Supposed Expurgation of Homer; The Alleged Athenian Recension of Homer; The Lost Epics and the Homeric Epics (Wiederholungen). Pp.xx/306, bblack & white frontispiece + 13 further plates, owner's name to front free endpaper, minor spotting to closed page edges. Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed. G+.

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Title
The World of Homer.
Author
LANG, Andrew.:
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Hardcover
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London: Longmans Green and Co., 1910.
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lang world homer homeric polity peace war tactics armour womens costume bronze iron weapons tools burial future life releece temples altars ritual purification ionia attic achaean palamedes 48747
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