Chapter 8

           Havingadesiretoseethoseancientswhoweremostrenownedforwitandlearning,Isetapartonedayonpurpose.IproposedthatHomerandAristotlemightappearattheheadofalltheircommentators;buttheseweresonumerous,thatsomehundredswereforcedtoattendinthecourt,andoutwardroomsofthepalace.Iknew,andcoulddistinguishthosetwoheroes,atfirstsight,notonlyfromthecrowd,butfromeachother.Homerwasthetallerandcomelierpersonofthetwo,walkedveryerectforoneofhisage,andhiseyeswerethemostquickandpiercingIeverbeheld.Aristotlestoopedmuch,andmadeuseofastaff.Hisvisagewasmeagre,hishairlankandthin,andhisvoicehollow.Isoondiscoveredthatbothofthemwereperfectstrangerstotherestofthecompany,andhadneverseenorheardofthembefore;andIhadawhisperfromaghostwhoshallbenameless,"thatthesecommentatorsalwayskeptinthemostdistantquartersfromtheirprincipals,inthelowerworld,throughaconsciousnessofshameandguilt,becausetheyhadsohorriblymisrepresentedthemeaningofthoseauthorstoposterity."IintroducedDidymusandEustathiustoHomer,andprevailedonhimtotreatthembetterthanperhapstheydeserved,forhesoonfoundtheywantedageniustoenterintothespiritofapoet.

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