Homer and His Age
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Preface
Chapter 1 The Homeric Age
Chapter 2 Hypotheses as to the Growth of the Epics
Chapter 3 Hypotheses of Epic Composition
The Legend of the Making of the "Iliad" Under Pisistratos
Chapter 4 Loose Feudalism The Over-Lord in "Iliad," Book
Chapter 5 Agamemnon in the Later "Iliad"
Chapter 6 Archaeology of the "Iliad". Burial and Crematio
Chaptear 7 Homeric Armour
Chapter 8 The Breastplate
Chapter 9 Bronze and Iron
Chapter 10 The Homeric House
Chapter 11 Notes of Change in the "Odyssey"
Chapter 12 Linguistic Proofs of Various Dates
Chapter 13 The "Doloneia"
Chapter 14 The Interpolations of Nestor
Chapter 15 The Comparative Study of Early Epics
Chapter 16 Homer and the French Mediaeval Epics
Conclusion
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Chapter 13 The "Doloneia"

"Iliad," Book X.

Of all Books in the Iliad, Book X., called the Doloneia, is most generally scouted and rejected. The Book, in fact, could be omitted, and only a minutely analytic reader would perceive the lacuna. He would remark that in Iliad, IX. 65–84, certain military preparations are made which, if we suppress Book X., lead up to nothing, a

             
            

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