History of Greek Culture by Burckhardt Jacob

Author:Burckhardt, Jacob
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486148625
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

So, when tedious repetitions occur, like the speech of Menelaus in book seventeen and various items in the scene in the underworld in book twenty-four, or when needless parallels occur of matters already told, like the second Melanthus scene in book nineteen, we may safely exonerate Homer from them. It is quite different with set phrases like:

And they put their hands to the savory banquet,

But when desire for food and drink had been stilled,

Downward plunged the sun and shadowy grew the highways,

or when a man starts out in a chariot

He cracked his whip and the willing team flew on its way

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