Wallace Mcleod
Biographic Data
| ID | 3623745 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wallace Mcleod |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wallace |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcleod |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEOD W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Bow at Night: An Inappropriate Weapon
IN THE DOLONEA, Iliad 10, Odysseus and Dolon each carry bow (10.260, 333). In due course Dolon's is stripped from him (459), and Odysseus uses his to whip the horses of Rhesus (500, 513-514). Is there something amiss here? Miss Lorimer's Homer and the Monuments is the place to start. She discusses the episode twice, both times in much the same terms. For her, the Dolonea is late, later than the Odyssey, because here alone in the Iliad is there an…
Studies on Panyassis: An Heroic Poet of the Fifth Century
Greece in the Bronze Age
Vermeule has done a great service for specialists and laymen alike. Her vision is fresh, and her writing never lacks verve. Her coverage of the subject is thorough, spacious, and fully up to date. Among scholars, some of her judgments will undoubtedly provoke discussion; but all readers will welcome the excellence of her documentation. -- C. Wilfrid Scott-Giles, Times Literary Supplement
The Range of the Ancient Bow
CIRCE, WHILE WARNING ODYSSEUS of the dangers to come, told him that one might shoot an arrow across (KaL KEP 6~LoiareruEas) the strait from Scylla to Charybdis (Hom. Od. 12.102). In the Cyropaedia (1.4.23) Xenophon recounts how the Assyrians invaded Media and were met by Astyages; when he refused the conventional missile skirmish and advanced within bowshot (vras L-v6/EYvoS '6s1 875l ro~Evaros), the astonished Assyrians broke and fled. When the I…
Der Ursprung der Olympischen Spiele. Beitrage zur Lehre und Forschung der Leibeserziehung, Band 13
The Songs of Homer
The Range of the Ancient Bow
CIRCE, WHILE WARNING ODYSSEUS of the dangers to come, told him that one might shoot an arrow across (KaL KEP 6~LoiareruEas) the strait from Scylla to Charybdis (Hom. Od. 12.102). In the Cyropaedia (1.4.23) Xenophon recounts how the Assyrians invaded Media and were met by Astyages; when he refused the conventional missile skirmish and advanced within bowshot (vras L-v6/EYvoS '6s1 875l ro~Evaros), the astonished Assyrians broke and fled. When the I…
The Bow at Night: An Inappropriate Weapon
IN THE DOLONEA, Iliad 10, Odysseus and Dolon each carry bow (10.260, 333). In due course Dolon's is stripped from him (459), and Odysseus uses his to whip the horses of Rhesus (500, 513-514). Is there something amiss here? Miss Lorimer's Homer and the Monuments is the place to start. She discusses the episode twice, both times in much the same terms. For her, the Dolonea is late, later than the Odyssey, because here alone in the Iliad is there an…
Studies on Panyassis: An Heroic Poet of the Fifth Century
The Songs of Homer
Der Ursprung der Olympischen Spiele. Beitrage zur Lehre und Forschung der Leibeserziehung, Band 13
Greece in the Bronze Age
Vermeule has done a great service for specialists and laymen alike. Her vision is fresh, and her writing never lacks verve. Her coverage of the subject is thorough, spacious, and fully up to date. Among scholars, some of her judgments will undoubtedly provoke discussion; but all readers will welcome the excellence of her documentation. -- C. Wilfrid Scott-Giles, Times Literary Supplement
The Range of the Ancient Bow
CIRCE, WHILE WARNING ODYSSEUS of the dangers to come, told him that one might shoot an arrow across (KaL KEP 6~LoiareruEas) the strait from Scylla to Charybdis (Hom. Od. 12.102). In the Cyropaedia (1.4.23) Xenophon recounts how the Assyrians invaded Media and were met by Astyages; when he refused the conventional missile skirmish and advanced within bowshot (vras L-v6/EYvoS '6s1 875l ro~Evaros), the astonished Assyrians broke and fled. When the I…
Studies on Panyassis: An Heroic Poet of the Fifth Century
The Bow at Night: An Inappropriate Weapon
IN THE DOLONEA, Iliad 10, Odysseus and Dolon each carry bow (10.260, 333). In due course Dolon's is stripped from him (459), and Odysseus uses his to whip the horses of Rhesus (500, 513-514). Is there something amiss here? Miss Lorimer's Homer and the Monuments is the place to start. She discusses the episode twice, both times in much the same terms. For her, the Dolonea is late, later than the Odyssey, because here alone in the Iliad is there an…
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