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Homer D.C.L And .M. The P. For Homeric T...
future life of Menelaus . He is said to be elected to the honor of a place in being the " reg The , throug ion recognition of h El his ysium marriage of after relationshi this with life Helen , throug not , in the h virtue the son wife -in of -law his or husband of own Jup merits iter to . the , but hus as
band or wife respectively , and the ps existence of names to describe them , is a sign of the completeness of the union effected by the marriage tie .
# * * * fenced " "Within in the the manner precinct we have of the seen Greek there marriages prevailed , which that tenderness was secured free and
domand elevation of manners , which , was the natural offspring of a system , In the , m . ain so sound and strict . The general tone of the relations of
husband and wife in the Homeric perns is thoroughly natural ; it is full of ing dignity to the and position warmth of ; the a sort giver of noble and the deference receiver , , reci prevails procall on y adjusted either side accord . I -
distinguish will venture , in to considering add , it is full thi also s point of , delicacy between , thoug what h is we essential must be and content what to is of conventional expression , that and must characterised make some an allowance artless age for . the directness and simplicity
Greek " With manners this delicacy with respect was combined to women . a not "We less find remarkable Penelope appearing freedom in in her the palace at will , on all ordinary occasions , before the Suitors ; although , on the
be exhibited Ei other g exhibited hth hand Od in , ys no , the s as ey woman . case we The may of would _JSTausicaa general judge be from present fre . e She the dom goes case where of woman of forth any the into thing lay is the however of like Demodocu country license most with s was in fully her the to
maidens unattended . When Ulysses appears there is no fear of him as a man This , difficulty or even as she a surmounts stranger , but with onl a di y gnity from which his condition she could at not the have moment pos- .
great sessed liberty by virtue was of habituall her personal y and character traditionall onl y y enj , nor oye except d by women in a . case where presumption from _" Her her , arrangement and of her her regard freedom of the in this from manner matter petty in control to which opinion he as , is does both to enter her rest p upon lay the ful city the demand apart same
, upon " Again Ulysses , how for remarkable salvage . it is that Alcinous , far from being surprised that his maiden daughter should have entered into conversation with a stranger ,
proach a is greater " actuall It is from y forwardness not on which onl the Ul point from , ysses and this of saves broug finding or her ht that him b fault y particular his home with intercession in her but her for own it . not is company from having the : shewn whole a rey ,
reall tone y of to the judge intercourse what is the maintained social position between of the men latter and . women , that we are " And this tone it is which supplies such conclusive evidence with respect
to deed are the a matter may age be of of shewn Homer course . to with a Achilles pet every animal observes right . It -minded , is that not love on man the and . mere care Love words towards and , therefore care a , wife in- ,
that , we must rest our conclusions ; but upon the spirit in which they are on daug spoken the hter , reciprocity and , son the and whole of mother all circle those , which of sentiments signs are connected with between which with they man the are and moral associated wife di , gnity father . of It and the is
human loving liberty being . of It advice is on and the confidence exhortation exchanged from the between one to the them other , and . The the social equality of man other and woman which is of nevertheless course to be indicates understood with
reservesas is that equality , a political law truth of , There the utmost are differences importance in the , the nature equality and of constitution all classes in of the the eye two of great the
tion divisions . without of the such race adaptations , to be met by the adaptation seeming s equality of treatment would and be of partiality occupa-; , Butto those fid in
alike dangerous and irrational . , subject reserves , we n
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/60/
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