02020cam a22003373u 4500 53004 UtSlPG 20260610134224.0 m cr n 260607r2016||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PA Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3 : I. Agorè: Polities of the Homeric Age. II. Ilios: Trojans and Greeks Compared. III. Thalassa: The Outer Geography. IV. Aoidos: Some Points of the Poetry of Homer. Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2016 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on_Homer_and_the_Homeric_Age Release date is 2016-09-07 Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 3 of 3" by W. E. Gladstone is a scholarly work published in 1858. Written by a future British Prime Minister trained as a classicist, this volume explores ancient Greek literature and culture. Most notably, Gladstone analyzes Homer's peculiar color descriptions—purple blood, wine-dark seas—suggesting ancient Greeks perceived color differently than modern readers. His controversial theories sparked debate about whether Homer's contemporaries categorized colors by lightness and darkness rather than hue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Homer Epic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism Civilization, Homeric https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53004 93838 93838