heroic age as a divine race of demi-gods

greek

• The Iliad CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION. / THEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY. / POPES PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER; lines 1633-1692 confidence: high

  Hesiod is said to place a fourth age between the brazen and iron ages: heroes distinct from other men, a divine race called demi-gods, fought at Thebes and Troy and live in the islands of the blessed by Jupiter’s care.

  Hesiod’s fourth age is described as containing heroes distinct from other men, a divine race called demi-gods who fought at Thebes and Troy.

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