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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1954)
Combellack Says Homer Was Softy Thn Crock poet Homer wax an oM rofty in his treatment of Helen _ l,t Troy, F. M. Combellaek, asso eltite professor of claasic lan - guagcs told Wednesday's browning . room audience. Speaking on “Homer's Iliad: • Ladles Dead and Lovely Knights," Combellaek emphasized that only . «'nc«, 1,1 the epic Is Helen described. In one of the middle scenes, some « old men are bewitched by the sigh of her unearthly beauty, In spite • of the fact that they grieve for the suffering she has caused the ' city of Troy. The Important fact to Homer Is that Helen is so beautiful. He is . concerned with (he evil in her life. • Any further description of the • queen In the Htory would be anti \ cllmactlcal. Describing her only once t» a effective device of char • actenzallon, Combellaek comment ’ cd. "Tlie story of the IliaH' Is a I I * tlmple one," Combellaek ‘ aid. "of r two generals who quarrel over a i * woman. It Is a tale of revenge. It *. become* a sail story of the death of , groat kings." Cpmbellack pointed out the <-f. . fectlveneaa of several literary de vices employed by Homer. One of 1 then*- is the use of a goddess or ,* muse at the beginning of the poem •* to communicate through the poet • to hi.t audience. “This is to assure the audience ► — 1 .. •; SU Committee Post ■: Petitions Called In - Petitions for chairmanships of | *• Student Union standing commit | * tees are due Sunday in the SU ' hoard chairman's office, according t to Virginia Dailey, assistant chalr • man. - ' Petition forms are available on j the SU third floor. Standing com t mittees are art gallery, browsing i • loom, coffee hour forum person . nel, recorded music, publicity, mu feic, public relations, movie and j • dance. . Chairmen and committee mem bers will be selected this term ir. ’ order to begin early planning for - next year’s SU program. Miss Dail ^ cy said. r r. . of authorltatlveness of (he epic,” I Combeilack pointer] out. This <!<•-: vice appealed to the audience of! Homer's day. Dramatic irony also is iilustra-1 led very well by Homer, Combei-1 lack atated. There are many sltua-i tiona in the hooka in which the audience ia aware of the doomed j fate ,,t the characters, the charac-1 ter himself is not. One of the most controversial ■ elements of Homer's work is his use of humor, Combeilack said. "Most scholars try to read subtle humor on every page of "The Iliad," he went on. "I think this is1 carrying things too far. Homeric humor is present, but it is of the[ whimsical, immoral, cruel gods,’ ” Combeilack added. Combeilack also commented that the original Greek in which Homer wrote was "completely ar tificial and has never been spoken j by anyone anywhere. It was creat ed expressly for poetic purposes.”! Wickham Reports Trip Informative A recently completed trip to the Hast and Southwest, highlighted by a talk with Mrs. Mamie Eisen hower, was “very interesting and informative," Mm. Golda P. Wick ham. associate director of student affairs, said Tuesday. Mra. Wickham returned Friday ■ torn the three-week tour during Ahi<h she attended a convention of the National Association of Deans of Women in Washington, D. C., and the Associated Women's Students convention in Tuscon. Ariz She ulso met with the Ore gon Mothers Club in Long Beach Calif. Cressman to Discuss Early Oregon Indians "Oregon’s Early Indian Inhabi- j, tanta” will hold the spotlight Fri day in the Student Union browsing room at 7:30 p. m. L. S. Cressman, head of the an thropology department, will be the lecturer and will show various slides to illustrate his talk. The lecture will include discussion about Indians from different parts of Oregon, their environment, and their background. Your Favorite Drive-In Newly Remodeled — Now Open EVERY EVENING featuring: SNACK OR SACK" Delicious Summer Snacks COOLING - DRINKS - 'Ford's Drive-In Close ot the Campus Franklin Blvd. — Highway 99 Gay! Brilliant! Colorful Summer Fashions! Flashing boldly Into Summer — colorful circles of cotton from Penney's... h VIVID SQUAW SKIRTS with 6-yard sweep CRINKLE COTTON THAT NEEDS NO IRONINOI PENNEY QUALITY IS YOUR * GREATEST SAVING! W hirling yards of cotton that oves the tub . . . best of all, no p roning. Each stirt is a panorama >f the most brilliant, colors im iginable, with contrast rick rack *r braid. 22 to 28. SECOND FLOOR QUALITY SPORTSWEAR IT PATS TO SHOP AT PENNEY