"The excursus upon the origin of Odysseus’ scar is not basically different from the many passages in which a newly int…"

"Many reviewers have ascribed to the book, in praise or blame, tendencies that were far removed from me: that the meth…"

"The digressions [in Homer] are not meant to keep the reader in suspense ... An episode that will increase sus…"

"[It] would have been all the easier [if] the entire story of the scar had been presented as a recollection which awak…"

"The genius of the Homeric style becomes even more apparent when it is compared with an equally ancient and equally ep…"

"In the Old Testament stories, … the sublime influence of God here reaches so deeply into the everyday that the two re…"

"A scene like Peter's denial fits into no antique genre. It is too serious for comedy, too contemporary and everyday f…"

"[The Passion story] completely destroys the aesthetics of the separation of styles; it engenders a new elevated style…"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"Imitar equivale a moverse i fatigarse en el wagón de un ferrocarril: nos imajinamos realizar mucho i no hacemos más q…"