Homer's winged words
Greek poetry, history and criticism
Epic poetry
Greek Epic poetry
Oral tradition
Criticism and interpretation
History and criticism
For over 2500 years many of the most learned scholars of the Greek language have concerned themselves with the topic of etymology. The most productive source of difficult, even inexplicable, words was Homer’s 28,000 verses of epic poetry. Steve Reece proposes an approach to elucidating the meanings …
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