Liber Homeri ubi continentur gesta Odissei, id est Ulixis qui Graece Odisseus dicitur.
This section deals with topics related to the books of Homer.
During my school days Homer was a compulsory subject: some sections had to be learnt by heart and others analyzed grammatically; it was then a forced study. I re-read the Iliad and the Odyssey as an adult and discovered things that could not be taught at school. This adult reading raised questions and left doubts which have remaimed dormant for a few decades, until I came across a paper written by Samuel Butler, an eminent English Classicist who lived roughly a century ago. And what a brilliant scholar he was. Now, suddenly, many of the dormant doubts that had been lurking inside my mind hatched out. Over the last six months the Liber Homeri have received my full attention even to the point of making a decision that I, as a Latinist, had refuted on principle before, id est, to learn Ancient Greek.
The pages in this section are but a few reflections and commentaries on the Liber Homeri, in particular the Odyssey, along with some comments on the ancient Greek language and why many of the Latin Masters of Rome made known their good disposition towards this other noble language.
24 Dec. 2009