On Feb 16, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Verbal power is measured by skill in reading and writing. I have pointed
> out several times that in principle someone with verbal skill of the author
> of the Iliad could not necessarily pass a Freshman Comp Class, or even
> achieve a satisfactory score on a college-entrance exam. Pope's Dunciad can
> be seen as a lament at the demise of oral literacy.
True, but no one is asking "Homer" to live in the 21st century USA either.