Homer, Author’s Introduction: riassunto

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1. The narrator defends the possibility of a single Homer while presenting his traditional biography as uncertain.
2. Public recitation, expanding songs, and collected manuscripts offer explanations for the poems’ survival and inconsistencies.
3. Legends of Troy’s rulers lead to Paris’s choice of Venus and his abduction of Helen from Menelaus.
4. Agamemnon gathers Greek forces, while reluctant recruits, prophecies, and Achilles’ choice of glory complicate preparations.
5. After navigational mistakes and the crisis over Iphigenia’s sacrifice, the fleet reaches Troy and loses Protesilaus during the landing.
6. The Trojans retreat behind their walls, the siege begins, and the narrator describes Greek ships, camp positions, and fighting methods.

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