Author:
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.
Imprint:London ; New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co., 1906.
Descriptionxii ., 1 l., 336 p. : front., illus., 7 plates ; 24 cm.
Note:The Homeric age. - Hypotheses as to the growth of the epics. - Hypotheses of epic composition. - Loose feudalism: the over-lord in "Iliad," books I and II. - Agamemnon in the later "Iliad." - Archaeology of the "Iliad": burial and cremation. - Homeric armour. - The breastplate. - Bronze and iron. - The Homeric house. - Notes of change in the "Odyssey." - Linguistic proffs of various dates. - The "Doloneia": "Iliad," book X. - The interpolations of Nestor. - The comparative study of early epics. - Homer and the French medieval epics. - Conclusion.
