. Homeric games at ancient St. Andrews; an epyllium. Edited from a comparatively modern papyrus and shattered by means of the higher criticism . leated to the satisfaction of everybody, thoughthe critics have been working hard to discover it for morethan half a century. Half a century hence they will stillbe enucleating our nucleus, so we cannot pretend that thepresent evisceration is more than merely we are compelled to admit that they are them-selves in a somewhat parlous fix. Some traitorousmembers of their own school have revolted, and soothlyswear the kernel of the Ilia
. Homeric games at ancient St. Andrews; an epyllium. Edited from a comparatively modern papyrus and shattered by means of the higher criticism . leated to the satisfaction of everybody, thoughthe critics have been working hard to discover it for morethan half a century. Half a century hence they will stillbe enucleating our nucleus, so we cannot pretend that thepresent evisceration is more than merely we are compelled to admit that they are them-selves in a somewhat parlous fix. Some traitorousmembers of their own school have revolted, and soothlyswear the kernel of the Iliad came after the accretions,which any one can see is quite absurd. It has evenbeen declared that the kernel is the shell, which is quitetoo absurd. But enough of this. The discussion onlyseems to land us in all sorts o fanteegs, as Mr Wellersays. We prefer to follow the Higher Criticism to thedeath, as we follow our political leaders, through bad andgood report, through every twist and turn, through thickand thin, even if it should end in a Revolution, or a {risumteneatis) Referendum. How does an enucleator of the Kern of the Iliad strive. [To face p. 112. PROLEGOMENA 113 to delimit it? By keeping his eye on Achilles. Theproem says the poet is to sing the Wrath of Achilles, soin the original untainted, unexpanded story, the hero musthave been raging all the time. The poet must not lethim sulk in his hut, out of sight and out of mind, and tellus how Diomede and Aias, Odysseus and Idomeneus (thelatter when not a mutineer) did their best without him tokeep the fire from the ships. That would never do. Andif the poet has said, when announcing what he is going tosing about, that one consequence of the Wrath was to giveheroes bodies to dogs and vultures, all references tofuneral rites must be regarded as indicating the presenceof late interpolators. As in judicial proceedings, every-thing not strictly relevant to the issue must be apply these excellent principles to the w
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