Comparative mythology corpus

Language Change Altering Inherited Poetry

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek The Iliad The Iliad / CONCLUDING NOTE. / INTRODUCTION.; lines 586-663 medium The loss of the digamma is said to prove considerable change in Greek pronunciation, and Chaucer's poetry is used as an analogy for how unwritten poetry might come down in a softened form. record