Excerpt from Life in the Homeric Age Still less than the questions of prehistoric archaeology, may we discuss here the so-called Homeric question, as to the manner of the composition of the poems, although the general attitude of the writer must be briefly stated. The final solution of any one of the problems to which reference has been made, will require many more years of patient investigation on the part of many scholars. Some of these questions are insoluble with our present material. A better understanding of the facts of the civilization which is depicted by the Homeric poems, is needed before scholars are free to draw full and absolute inferences from this civili zation. The time has not come for drawing sweeping con elusions for Homeric culture from other races which in certain respects have similar customs. This book Merely a seeks to set forth with regard to Homeric Statement of antiquities simply what may be learned from Fam the Homeric poems themselves, with such illustration as is obvious or naturally presented from other sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.