Download or read book Homer and Classical Philology written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nietzsche and the Study of Language in Historical Sources “There is no more dangerous assumption in modern esthetics than that of popular poetry and individual poetry, or, as it is usually called, artistic poetry.”- Friedrich Nietzsche, Homer and Classical Philology Nietzsche’s inaugural lecture at the university is a great piece of work in which he talks about Homer and how he has been regarded in classic philology.