Handbook of Homeric study (1905) (14578020349)

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Title: Handbook of Homeric study
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Browne, Henry, 1853-
Subjects: Homer Homer Civilization, Homeric
Publisher: London, New York, Bombay, Longmans, Green, and co.
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CHART SHOWING RANGE OF IMPORTANT MYCEN^AN FINDS. °^/. THE . 3 FAdt PAGE ZSZ.
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sec. 4j Homer and the Mycenaean People 283 the spaciousness; the decoration; even the furniturehave been most wonderfully identified at Tiryns andMycenae, and in Crete.* Any impartial person whohas looked into the evidence, must certainly admitthat at least in this department of Homeric study,and it is a difficult one, our understanding of the texthas been wonderfully quickened and enlightened bythe revelations of the spade. But we may go further. There are certain expres-sions which were not merely unintelligible, they wereabsolutely incredible, except for the discoveries ofTiryps and Mycenas. One of these is the dpiyKos Kvavotoof the palace of Alcinous. It so happens that vestigesof most beautiful friezes were found at both places,and that at Tiryns,^ though not made of kvcpos, yetstill shows particles of an artificial opaque blue glasswhich not merely justifies but also explains the phrase.Again, the walls of bronze—could anything seem moreextravagant to a modern mind ? Yet, in t

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