Aristotle on Helios’ ‘Omniscience’ in <i>Iliad</i> 3 and <i>Odyssey</i> 12: On schol. B* <i>Iliad</i> 3.277

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  • Robert Mayhew Seton Hall University

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The scholion, here reedited, deriving in part from Aristotle’s Homeric Problems, serves to elucidate an ancient debate about an apparent contradiction in the Homeric poems: Why would a god who sees all need a messenger?

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Robert Mayhew, Seton Hall University

Professor of Philosophy

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2020-02-19

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