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The authoress of the Odyssey : where and when she wrote, who she was, the use she made of the Iliad, and how the poem grew under her hands

xv, 1 unnumbered page, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm · Includes index · Frontispiece portrait captioned "Nausicaa. (See Preface)." · Importance of the enquiry -- The story of the Odyssey -- The preponderance of woman in the Odyssey -- Jealousy for the honour and dignity of woman -- On the question of whether or no Penelope is being whitewashed -- Further considerations regarding the character of Penelope -- Further indications that the writer is a woman -- That Ithaca and Scheria are both of them drawn from Trapani and its immediate neighbourhood -- The Ionian and the Aegadean Islands -- Further details regarding the voyages of Ulysses -- Who was the writer? -- The date of the poem -- Further evidence in support of an early Ionian settlement at or close to Trapani -- That the Iliad which the writer of the Odyssey knew was the same as what we now have -- The Odyssey in its relation to the other poems of the Trojan cycle and its development in the hands of the authoress -- Conclusion · Includes bibliographical references and index

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