Homer'j Life and Writings.
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That Homers Works were the Delight of Se c t. Princes, is among other Instances proved from the I Honours done him by the most learned of the Egyptian Kings of the Macedonian Race, the Founder of the Alexandrian Library: ' Ptole- p 2 ,a)
- my Philopater, says Elian, erected a Temple
- to Homer ; and, having placed the Statue of
' the Bard with becoming Dignity, he surround' ed it with emblematical Figures of the seven ' Cities which pretend to the Honour of his
- Birth.'
- I n Smyrna, says Strahy is a Library and a ibid- (b) <
- Temple erected to Homer. It is a square Bu&l' ing, with a Colonnade on all sides. Within, is
- a Shrine of Homer and his Statue. For the
' People of Smyrna make high Pretensions to ' the Popt's Birth ;, and indeed they have a kind ' of Brass Money among them, which they call ' Homers Coin' This Structure was raised by ' Lyjimachus, one of Alexander's Successors.
- The Chians too lay claim to Homer as their
c^
- Citizen ; and found their Title upon a Family
5 ^ J ' in Chios called the Homeridrœ, who pretend to
- be of the Race of the Poet.'
The Author of the Enquiry, as it wou.'d seem, not caring to dwell upon the Accidents relating to Homer's Mother, points to the Piace
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