Friedrich Nietzsche 
Homer and Classical Philology [PDF ebook] 

Although he later rose to prominence as an innovative and controversial philosopher whose ideas influenced everyone from existentialist thinkers to the Nazi movement, Friedrich Nietzsche was trained in philology and published his earliest works on that topic. This essay takes a look at the use of mythology and language in the ancient Greek poet’s most important works, The Iliad and The Odyssey.