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An Examination of the Primary Argument of the Iliad

An Examination of the Primary Argument of the Iliad

Penn, Granville

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1151228893
ISBN13: 9781151228895
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.13 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1821. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE-NARRATIVE OF THE ILIAD, IN ORDER TO THE DEDUCTION OF ITS PRIMARY ARGUMENT. Chap. That the Primary Argument of the Iliad is a iv. vsm/ point hitherto undetermined; and, consequently, that it is still open for investigation, even in this late period of time; is acknowledged in the words of Wolfe, which I have quoted in the last chapter. 1 It is likewise implied in those words of Heyne: I cannot think that any one has ever closed the Iliad, after reading it through, without many doubts arising in his mind, with respect to its main subject and argument3. There are, as Heyne observed, two ways in which we may proceed to seek that argument; either in the narrative, or in the proem, Chap. 1 P. 41. Non facile puto aliquem a perlecta Made discessisse, quint de carminis summa et fortuna multa animo v.olveret. Tom. viii. p. 774. IV Of these two, the former will be found the / more surely effectual, because, by a steady and unbroken survey of the whole narrative, from beginning to end, we must perceive what the poet has accomplished; whereas, the uncertainty which at present disturbs the lines forming the proem, renders it impossible to pronounce, with any security, what he intended to promise; and there can be no doubt, that we are more likely to find the primary argument in that which he has certainly declared, than in that in which his declarations are dubious. It must be remembered, that we, at this remote distance from Homer, stand in a very different position from those for whom the Iliad was at first composed. With them, no doubt existed respecting the primary argument; the whole subject was matter of previous notoriety and common tradition, and they listened to it, as to the beautiful celebration of a known and favou...

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