The Masterpieces and the History of Literature, Vol. 4 of 10
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Excerpt from The Masterpieces and the History of Literature, Vol. 4 of 10: Analysis, Criticism, Character and Incident While the Hellenic race rose rapidly to sublime heights in epic and lyric poetry, it was slow in developing prose literature. In primitive times the inspired poet was the constant attendant of priests and kings. He recited his verses to attentive listeners at the courts of chiefs and tribal festivals. He roused the spirits of warriors by reciting their exploits and recalling the deeds of ancestral heroes. He was called to give formal expression to domestic joys at weddings and to the lamentations of kinsfolk at funerals. The dactylic hexameter, the oldest standard form of verse, was the favorite mode of oracular response at Dodona and Delphi. The lawgivers in framing the earliest codes and constitutions used the same form hallowed by religious associations. Moral teachers, in expressing their maxims and precepts for individual conduct, adopted the same style, though later they varied it with the elegiac combination of hexameters and pentameters. The early philosophers who investigated nature and studied the problems of mind committed their doctrines to the same vehicle. The epigrams, which, as their name implies, were originally inscriptions on monuments of men and events, appeared in the same dress; even when in later times they were used for every variety of purpose, for satire as well as eulogy, they preserved the same form. Whatever was intended for general circulation was put into this metrical form. 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.
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