Homer and his age
1906
The Homeric age.--Hypotheses as to the growth of the epics.--Hypotheses of epic composition.--Loose feudalism: the over-lord in "Iliad," books I and II.--Agamemmon in the later "Iliad."--Archaeology of the "Iliad": burial and cremation.--Homeric armour.--The breast-plate.--Bronze and iron.--The Homeric house.--Notes of change in the "Odyssey."--Linguistic proofs of various dates.--The "Doloneia": "Iliad," book X.--The interpolations of Nestor.--The comparative study of early epics.--Homer and the French mediaeval epics.--Conclusion
