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
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•; 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.
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