 ... been a contemporary of those who had fought under Achilles, but it is not the less true, that he describes his principal hero as the son of a sea-goddess. He and his hearers most probably looked upon epic song as a vehicle of history, and therefore...  A History of Greece - Page 145by Connop Thirlwall - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 1390 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history. and therefore it required a popular tradition fit its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...invoked the aid of the Muses to strengthen his memory. teas not chiefly valued as a rt-cilal of real erm/-. that it was one in which the manelifMs (i natural,... | |
 | 1848 - 722 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history, and therefore it required a popular tradition fur its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...invoked the aid of the Muses to strengthen his memory, vas not chiefly valued as a recital of real erenis, that it was one in which the marvellous appeared... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 736 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history, and therefore it required a popular tradition for its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...appeared natural, and that form of the narrative most crvdible which tended most to exalt the glory of his heroes." Vol. I. pp. 157-8. Now let us hear Mr.... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 732 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history, and therefore it required a popular tradition for its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...chiefly valued as a recital of real events, that it tvas one in which the marvellous appeared nahiral, and that form of the narrative most credible which... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 744 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history, and therefore it required a popular tradition for its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...his memory, was not chiefly valued as a recital of reat events , that it was one in which the marvellous natural, and thai form of Ike narratirf most... | |
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1858 - 746 pages
...epic song as a vehicle of history , and therefore it required a popular tradition for its basis. * * * But it is equally manifest that the kind of history...invoked the aid of the Muses to strengthen his memory, vas not chiefly valued as a recital of real events , that it was one in which the marvellous appeared... | |
 | George William Cox - Aryans - 1870 - 488 pages
...of the Iliad or Odyssey as historical records. In his words, ' the kind of history for which Homer invoked the aid of the Muses to strengthen his memory...was not chiefly valued as a recital of real events,' and ' if in detached passages the poet sometimes appears to be relating with the naked simplicity of... | |
 | 1869 - 730 pages
...confronted with Bishop Thirlwall's deliberate statement that " the kind of history for which Homer invoked the aid of the Muses to strengthen his memory...was not chiefly valued as a recital of real events," and that " if in detached passages the poet sometimes appears to bo relating with the naked simplicity... | |
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