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fas om ; ami m ^ $ e i mm timh Mh as is ino * t pi ? o ^ te fyxp ^ W $ flfflfli tfie faim& fcy railing $$ m w ^ fh ? , j ? qef | c % I ^( Jitjpna ,, roj , jjtJ ^ aW ^ a . t *^ ft " J jttle importance ^ I&fp TO J ^ ^ a ^ e r ^ of Homer ' s poems , to w )] tatejerg # e tfyey may belong , and a collection o £ the
scattered traits , in such a picture as Dr . Bruce has exhibited , could qot iail ' to he . very u $ e £$ $ p those who are studying } iis , wpr £ s . Wp are surpris , e / I $ jat nothing pf this kind should have been attempted before in our own language , nor even by the all-embracing industry of t&e Germans . The WQrfc of Feithius ,
entitled A , ntiquitates Hcwpaericae , which Qrc ^ py } us jncorppratecl in his great Collection , and which , Stober republished with notes , ( Strasburg , 1743 , ) comes the nearest in plan to Dr . Bruce * s ; but fc e does . npjt bq strictty caniuie himself to Homex as an authority , and , as is observed iiitjie preface , his work ; s little known and defective . .
The plan of v © r , Bruce ' s volume is very simple . After an introduction on tfce age ana \ life of Hioiujer , he collects jtpgethe ^^ n ^ ^ arjp ^ sJ ^ E » ds every thing that Jjelojigs , tp ^ pmeric Archaeology . rfte titles , of tjie Se ^ ipns are , I . Astronomy , an . # : Ph ^ anplogy , II , Geography ^ nd ^ VajfigRtjlpn , , , 1 ^ 1 . A griculture . IV . 0 yi } u@Qy&&weitfi , Miltim Af&frs and Art «
^ pUg ipii ^ Y > ^ lyate ? i 4 J " and , JManuer ^ . VI . Qrn ^ oaeuta } , < a $ 4 . Alec ^ ap ^ l . tach of Jheae secliiqns- Jia ^ 1 ^ erej ^ al subdivisions , and under someone pr other of them every thing { ]^ jU )> e fauiid , of ^^ ti eli t ^ e re ^ e , r ^ n . jdesire , an ^ l ^ a ^ tion , » , The pa ^ gag ^ s , oC tfe ., orjginal are rqferred to , in suppprt of every a §^ rtion , and frequently quoted in the margin ; the authorities are derived from Homer
alone , with the exception of occasional refe * e , » ces to Hesiod , who , from his prp ^ mity in time to Homer , is considered as an equally authentic voucher . t ) I ) r , Bruce enters ii ^ to . i \ pnp pf tjie qae ^ ti ^ ns which have . | w . e | i agitated pf late ycvirs , with so much learning and h ^ genujity , ; , respecting the original form $ f ; ,, ^ Wjia 4 and , . the interpolations
wteHnU pW ; . e * j | St ,, itt i * t , the rpality o £ ^ w % u p ( f Troy , $ & auliheuticity of the O ^ ys ^ y » 4 pc , f It w ^ wjld haye heen a s ^ ficiffw ;! l ea ^ qn jfco , hayp , assigned for paft §| ng > pv ^ r , ^ iich , inqwww , . that * they w ere i * p * 8 iwM . to tjp # pbject of Wa \ KP ^ np r , jh , a 4 hee ^ v a , tten 4 e 4 wMH w oertw at-esult ;( t t ^ ere rms ' i jap ,, nec ^ sflity f $ M ! , d ^ ppvqqip g . th © w , ^ aa , , 4 e ^ i gn ^ ,, , tp , tt&sl ^ . 'tAeartl&aLJUMk tasteks ^ Jlfie ^ -: cbm ,. ^ P . 96 * To , ( apply * aa epithet of
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m ^ wwm ^?* i ¥ < mf wwgh ^ d % mm ^ !^ mFmmmM , m m * Am % J ^ Pflg * f ® m > -m *^ tp % | er a ^ irit , « f ^ gm ^ isw The authp , r $ msejf feeeps , aj ttegr ^ ajest pqsajble , ; ^§| au ce frpn ^ every #$ ng like scepticism , ^ , nd eyen qiiptes the Batrachomypmachia as the wprk of Homer , ( p . 201 , ) though lie elsewhere appears to waver in his belief . ( P . 25 . ) Thinking so . lightly pf tfee ' mp 4 ern cHtM ^ m , it is less wonjiferfui t ^ at he jb ; as , # jyen the life of ijomer , in Jbis inti ' qaj ^^ o ^ from tjie piece wUk )^ bej ^ rs ^ mj ^ 'ol Herodotus is
. He . yrrtyag , hoi ^ ev ^ r , in supposing the different idate ^ ia ^ sigoedto t } je age pf Hpiner in ^ . . ^ e ^ fe ^ dli ^ ^ histpry , to he % pr ^ ipalp ^ puinsJaBp ^ which has induced to ^ neaimen ^ to aenv the authenticity of the li | ey , f ^^ le , says Wesseling , ^ trahunt ^ ii ; iperqdo ^ abjudicantu Dictioms sane ^ tenpj ; # L ^ luml vocabulaque compluria Herp ^ teia ,. no ^ sunt . Adsunt opiniones , pr ^ terea , ^[ | e rodoteis valide pugiiantes r % t } qu ]^ y eterum , qualmm de Homeri origine , patria , fatis carminibusque commemoranp tium magna utique corona , Herodoto contribuit unquam ? " " Nijgax libelr lus , ' * says ' Valckenaer , ' * de , yita flomeri , sub Herodoti nomine vulgajus , ^ efl
mea quidem senten |; i 4 a Sopliista < rua . 7 dam pauperculo scriptus , jngenii eXjerceqdi causa . " The cqntent ^ ^ reAey £ n more unworthy of Herodotus , 0 ian , t ( ie style . The father of history " {\ t is ^ rp , ^ was a lover , of anecdpte , hut surety npjt even in his dotage can he have strung together the gossiping tales wjbicty art found in the life of Jlomer . That the
author was M > t likely ; tp fcave . fp ^ eit ^ his own claim to reputation , by giving fterodotus the credit of his wprk , is a feeble presumption of its g ^ nvinpness . The same argument would , pro re the genuineness of the Kpistles of Phalaris , the Argonautica , and many other works of late origin , the authors of all of them having been wijling to remain unknown , in order the better to sustain their
assumed character . We could have wished too that a se verer judgment had been exercised iu producing passages from Homer supposed to be parallel tp others \ n ^ he sacred writings . Dr . Bruce does not , indeed , absolutely decide that fifbiiW
knew and copied the Hebrew writers , though he « eems inclhWMl to tW ^ u ^ osition , ( p . 15 , ) but some of his qttotiitip ^«( FOfeuj | t ) le , eachi othei' ^ y , ^ v a yt 9 tf .,. iqimfl > kf . Bays ,, ^' , JUi , t l *^ tw ^ i ^ yrr ) ft ^ ir ^ j ^ k Q fi Jfa 3 >\ fa $ 9 ( 5 | 27 v )«( H <« W « l > wfa tfahiMebm \ m 6 , ;^ pwib ' , 9 tj \) m
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 914, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/58/
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