Excerpt from The Iliad of Homer: From the Text of Wolf, With English Notes But in the interview with the ambassadors sent by Age memnon to his tent, he shows himself courteous, hospitable, and eloquent. After the death of Patroclus, the higher quali ties of his character, his strong affections, his heroic virtues are magnificently developed. This circumstance seems to show, that the poet, making his heroes display themselves by their actions, intended that an entire character should be judged by taking into view the whole ...
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Excerpt from The Iliad of Homer: From the Text of Wolf, With English Notes But in the interview with the ambassadors sent by Age memnon to his tent, he shows himself courteous, hospitable, and eloquent. After the death of Patroclus, the higher quali ties of his character, his strong affections, his heroic virtues are magnificently developed. This circumstance seems to show, that the poet, making his heroes display themselves by their actions, intended that an entire character should be judged by taking into view the whole series of events comprehended in the poem. The same observation will apply to other personages of the Iliad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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