Homer and His Age
| Author | : Andrew Lang |
| Publisher | : IndyPublish.com |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 1906 |
| ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015008225024 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Homer and His Age by : Andrew Lang
Download or read book Homer and His Age written by Andrew Lang and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1906 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iron, we repeat, is in the poems a perfectly familiar metal. Ownership of bronze, gold, and iron, which requires much labour (in the smithying or smelting), appears regularly in the recurrent epic formula for describing a man of wealth. Footnote: Iliad, VI. 48; IX. 365-366; X. 379; XI. 133; Odyssey, XIV. 324; XXI. 10.] Iron, bronze, slaves, and hides are bartered for sea-borne wine at the siege of Troy?
