Motif
following the master’s footsteps
following_the_master_s_footsteps
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family, within the sub-family Training, Education, and Warrior Discipline. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1764-1850 confidence: medium
The passage says Homer teaches when to be plain and when figurative; translators should follow his footsteps. It contrasts translators who leap and strain after him with those who creep in his train, while Homer proceeds with unaffected and equal majesty.
The translator or follower is urged to follow Homer modestly in his footsteps, while false forms of following are pictured as leaping, straining, or creeping behind him.
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