Homer: The Iliad
The Identity of Homer Epic Poetry The Oral Tradition Homer and Archaeology
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Homer: The Iliad The Identity of Homer Epic Poetry The Oral Tradition Homer and Archaeology I will lame beneath the harness their fast-running horses, and hurl the gods from the drivers place, and smash their chariot; and not in the
The Identity of Homer Epic Poetry The Oral Tradition Homer and Archaeology
‘I will lame beneath the harness their fast-running horses, and hurl the gods from the driver’s place, and smash their chariot; and not in the circle of ten returning years shall they be whole
the grey-eyed goddess may know when it is her father she fights with. Yet with Hera I am not so angry, neither indignant, since it is ever her way to cross the commands that I give her.’ (Iliad 8.402-6) ‘… will lame beneath the harness your fast-running horses, and hurl yourselves from the driver’s place, and smash your chariot; and not in the circle of ten returning years shall you be whole
you may know, grey-eyed goddess, when it is your father you fight with. … Yet with Hera he is not so angry, neither indignant, since it is ever her way to cross the commands that he gives her.’ (Iliad 8.415-20, 422-3)