Monday, October 24, 2022
A Thorough and Accurate Knowledge of the Poems
George M. Calhoun, "Polity and Society," in Alan J.B. Wace and Frank. H. Stubbings, edd., A Companion to Homer (London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1962), pp. 431-462 (at 432):
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What is most needed is a thorough and accurate knowledge of the poems, conjoined with the sort of common sense that would be used in the study of a modern author. This can be better attained by reading Homer and consulting the literature of criticism than by reading the literature of criticism and consulting Homer.
