List of Print and Online Images Figures (Print and Online) Figure 1. Reconstruction of a terracotta plaque from the Athenian Acropolis, c. 500 BC. After Le Lasseur 1919:104, fig. 48.For discussion, see note 3.32. Figure 2. Reconstruction of a terracotta plaque from the Athenian Acropolis, c. 500 BC. After Le Lasseur 1919:98, fig. 47.For discussion, see… Read more
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Conclusion {780|781} Starting from an Indo-European comparison the foregoing study has followed out the consequences of that comparison for the Homeric poems, including a reconstruction of the circumstances in which the poems were first composed on a monumental scale. To reach this point in the argument the role of the Homeric Phaeacians has been the bridge, and to understand the Phaeacians Nestor has been the key. Nestor’s… Read more
Endnotes, Part 5 EN5.1 (Endnote to n5.1) {746|747} In Nestor’s story in Iliad 11, when he routs the Epeians and the Pylians turn for home, the language imitates the language used of the turning point in a chariot race, as exemplified in the chariot race of Iliad 23. But there is a difference between the two passages in that the passage of Iliad 23 occurs after… Read more
Chapter 14. The Text of Iliad 11 in the Fifth Century BC {716|719} §5.39 There was a controversy in the late seventh and early sixth centuries BC as to the location of Homeric Pylos, whether north or south of the Alpheios River, and the battleground for this controversy was Odyssey 15, and also Iliad 7; this brings us back to the real question: could such a controversy… Read more
Chapter 13. The Homeric Hymn to Apollo and the Text of Iliad 11 {671|673} §5.12 The controversy over Pylos, whether or not it was in Elis, centered on Telemachus’s voyage home from Pylos to Ithaca in Odyssey 15. After bidding farewell to Nestor’s son Peisistratos and taking on board the seer Theoklymenos, Telemachus sets sail from Pylos; as they sail north along the coast the sun sets… Read more
Part 5. Pylos Chapter 12. Iliad 11 and the Location of Homeric Pylos {647|651} §5.1 In Iliad 11 Nestor tells how he first became a horseman when he defeated the enemy Epeians in battle: entering the battle on foot he immediately slew the leader of the Epeian horsemen, seized his chariot, and like a dark whirlwind drove it straight through the enemy, slaying the double occupants… Read more
Endnotes, Part 4 EN4.1 (Endnote to n4.22) {620|621} I agree with the viewpoint expressed by Cook 1975:784–785 that Athens cannot be removed from the Ionian migration, but I think that he claims too much for Athens’ role, as in the case of Colophon: “Many modern scholars have contended that this claim [that Athens was the main focus of emigration] was invented by the Athenians in the… Read more
Chapter 11. The Festival of the Panionia and the Homeric Poems {550|551} §4.20 The Phaeacians, as argued earlier, represent the Ionians in the one context in which they were a single people, namely the celebration of the Panionia. With their love of songs, dances, and banquets, the Phaeacians bring out the festive side of the Ionians, and this is for good reason if they are meant to… Read more
Part 4. Ionia Chapter 10. The Panionic League {511|515} §4.1 Nestor, as discussed in Part 2 above, plays an extensive role beneath the surface of the Homeric poems; this role is based on Nestor’s twin myth, which is itself kept hidden from view in the poems. Nestor’s brother Periklymenos, who is mentioned but once in the poems, is Nestor’s partner in this old myth, which is… Read more
