The anonymous author of a Life of Homer, in Vita 1.517–537, argues that Homer, as the poet of the Iliad and Odyssey, was an Aioleús ‘Aeolian’, and, in making this argument, he cite ...
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Iliad 1.463
Gregory NagyThe anonymous author of a Life of Homer, in Vita 1.517–537, argues that Homer, as the poet of the Iliad and Odyssey, was an Aioleús ‘Aeolian’, and, in making this argument, he cite ... Continue reading
Iliad 1.463/ anchor comment on: Aeolians as speakers of Aeolic, vs. Ionians as speakers of Ionic
Gregory NagytestFrom a purely linguistic point of view, an ‘Aeolian’ was whoever spoke a dialect known as Aeolic, which along with Ionic and Doric was a major dialectal grouping of the Greek l ... Continue reading