Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age are a comprehensive 3-volume work that features the history of the ancient Greek literature, focusing on the Homeric Question – concerning by whom, when, where and
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age are a comprehensive 3-volume work that features the history of the ancient Greek literature, focusing on the Homeric Question – concerning by whom, when, where and under what circumstances the Iliad and Odyssey, its foundational works, were composed.Contents:Prolegomena:On the State of the Homeric QuestionThe Place of Homer in Classical EducationOn the Historic Aims of HomerOn the Probable Date of HomerThe Probable Trustworthiness of the Text of HomerPlace and Authority of Homer in Historical InquiryAchæis - Ethnology of the Greek Races:Scope of the InquiryOn the Pelasgians, and Cognate RacesThe Pelasgians: and Certain States Naturalized or Akin to GreeceOn the Phœnicians and the Outer Geography of the OdysseyOn the CatalogueOn the Hellenes of HomerOn the Respective Contributions of the Pelasgian and Hellenic Factors to the Compound of the Greek NationOn the Three Greater Homeric AppellativesOn the Homeric Title of Ἄναξ ἈνδρῶνOn the Connection of the Hellenes and Achæans With the EastOlympus or the Religion of the Homeric Age:On the Mixed Character of the Supernatural System, or Theo-mythology of HomerThe Traditive Element of the Homeric Theo-mythologyThe Inventive Element of the Homeric Theo-mythologyThe Composition of the Olympian Court; and the Classification of the Whole Supernatural Order in HomerThe Olympian Community and Its Members Considered in ThemselvesThe Olympian Community and Its Members Considered in Their Influence on Human Society and ConductOn the Traces of an Origin Abroad for the Olympian ReligionThe Morals of the Homeric AgeWoman in the Heroic AgeThe Office of the Homeric Poems in Relation to That of the Early Books of Holy ScriptureAgorè: Polities of the Homeric AgeIlios: Trojans and Greeks ComparedThalassa: The Outer GeographyAoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer