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Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age is a book written by four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1858, discussing a range of issues in Homer including an original thesis on colour perception in Ancient Greece. [1] Gladstone was M.P. for the University of Oxford at the time of publication, but had been trained as a classicist.
Gladstone, William Ewart (1841). The State in its relations with the Church (4th ed.). London: John Murray – via Internet Archive. Gladstone, William Ewart (1858). Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. Oxford: At The University Press – via Internet Archive., volume 1, volume 2, volume 3. Gladstone, William Ewart (1868).
Gladstone was a Homeric scholar and in his writings, notably Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, expressed that, because there was virtually a lack of color terminology in Homeric Greek literature, Greeks could probably not see color the same way people see color today.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age – 1858 book by William Gladstone; Thinking, Fast and Slow – 2011 book by Daniel Kahneman; Theory of mind – Ability to attribute mental states to oneself and others; Tutelary deity – Guardian/patron deity or spirit
Studies in Literature (London: Macmillan, 1891). Oliver Cromwell (New York: The Century Co., 1900). The Life of William Ewart Gladstone. London & New York: Macmillan and Co. Limited and The Macmillan Company. 1903 – via Internet Archive. volume I; volume II, volume III; Notes on Politics and History: A University Address. London: Macmillan ...
Matthew was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1976 and served as the society's Literary Director from 1985-1989 and Vice-President from 1993-1997. After his death the society established the annual Colin Matthew Memorial Lecture for the Public Understanding of History in his memory, co-hosted with Gresham College.
Lord Salisbury as St George spears the dragon Gladstone. The Government of Ireland Bill 1886 , [ 1 ] commonly known as the First Home Rule Bill , was the first major attempt made by a British government to enact a law creating home rule for part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
Gladstone, William E. Midlothian Speeches 1879 with an Introduction by M. R. D. Foot, (New York: Humanities Press, 1971) online Guedalla, Philip , ed. Gladstone and Palmerston: Being the Correspondence of Lord Palmerston with Mr. Gladstone, 1851–1865 (1928)