 Deiphobus in the under-world ; if we are asked whether there was not really some such historical Trojan war as this, our answer must be, that as the possibility of it cannot be denied, so neither can the reality of it be affirmed.  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 1381847Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 818 pages
...historical Trojan war as this, our answer must be, that as the possibility of it cannot be dented, so neither can the reality of it be affirmed. We possess...existence. Whoever, therefore, ventures to dissect Homer, Arctinus, and Lesches, and to pick out certain portions as matters of fact, while he sets aside... | |
 | 1848 - 734 pages
...fomesuchhistorical Trojan tcaraslhis, our answer mus/ be, that as the possibility of it cannot be denied, to neither can the reality of it be affirmed. We possess...existence. Whoever, therefore, ventures to dissect Homer, Arctinus and Leeches, and to pick out certain portions as matters of fact, while he sets aside... | |
 | 1848 - 722 pages
...Deïphobus in the under-worlil — if we are asked whether there was not realty somesuchhistorical Trojanwar as this, our answer must be, that as the possibility...cannot be denied, so neither can the reality of it be ajjirmed. We possess nothing but the ancient epic itяelf, without any independent evidence : had it... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1851 - 568 pages
...under the beautiful son of Eos, without the wooden horse, without the characteristic and impressive features of the old epical war — like the mutilated...existence. Whoever, therefore, ventures to dissect Homer, Arktinus, and Lesches, and to pick out certain portions as matter-of-fact, while he sets aside... | |
 | George Grote - 1851 - 706 pages
...the old epical war, — like the mutilated trunk of De'iphobus in the under-world ; and nothing ' , if we are asked whether there was not really some...into existence. Whoever therefore ventures to dissect Homer, Arktinus, and Lesche's, and to pick out certain portions as matters of fact, while he sets aside... | |
 | George Grote - 1853 - 526 pages
...without gods, without heroes, without Helen, without Amazons, without Ethiopians under the beautiful son of Eos, without the wooden horse, without the...into existence. Whoever therefore ventures to dissect Homer, Arktinus and Lesches, and to pick out certain portions as matters of fact, while he sets aside... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1853 - 122 pages
...was not really some such historical Trojan war as this, our answer must be, that as the poBribility of it cannot be denied, so neither can the reality of it RETURN OF THE HERACLID^E. 13 be affirmed. We possess nothing but the ancient epic itself, without any... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1854 - 866 pages
...without the wooden horse, without the characteristic and expressive features of the old epic war — if we are asked whether there was not really some...denied, so neither can the reality of it be affirmed."'' 17. But it may be asked, are even the fabulous records of the thousand years of Grecian history, down... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1854 - 894 pages
...without the wooden horse, without the characteristic and expressive features of the old epic war—if we are asked whether there was not really some such...denied, so neither can the reality of it be affirmed. " b 17. But it may be asked, are even the fabulous records of the thousand years of Grecian history,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 pages
...if he is asked whether there was not really some such historical Trojan war as this, his answer is, that as the possibility of it cannot be denied, so...existence. Whoever, therefore, ventures to dissect Homer, Arktinus, and Leschês, and to pick out certain portions as matter-of-fact, while he sets aside... | |
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