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The authoress of the Odyssey : where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands
| Content Provider | HathiTrust Digital Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Butler, Samuel Homer Odysseus |
| Organization | Longmans, Green, and Co., |
| Description | Importance of the enquiry -- The story of the Odyssey -- The preponderance of woman in the Odyssey -- Jealousy for the honour and dignity of woman -- On the question of whether or no Penelope is being whitewashed -- Further considerations regarding the character of Penelope -- Further indications that the writer is a woman -- That Ithaca and Scheria are both of them drawn from Trapani and its immediate neighbourhood -- The Ionian and the Aegadean Islands -- Further details regarding the voyages of Ulysses -- Who was the writer? -- The date of the poem -- Further evidence in support of an early Ionian settlement at or close to Trapani -- That the Iliad which the writer of the Odyssey knew was the same as what we now have -- The Odyssey in its relation to the other poems of the Trojan cycle and its development in the hands of the authoress -- Conclusion Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon," "Life and habit," "Alps and sanctuaries," "The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler," etc |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | London, New York and Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, 1897 |
| Publisher Date | 1897-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Items in this record are available as Public Domain. View the access and use profile at http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd. Please see individual items for rights and use statements |
| Subject Keyword | Greece Women and literature Literature Epic poetry, Greek Authorship |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
