Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 297
... Episodes must be so interwoven with it , as to be necessary parts , or con- venient , as Mr. Dryden observes ... Episode < Poetics XVII 5–11 ) : Let us examine the Odyssey by this rule : The groundwork of the Poem is , a Prince absent ...
... Episodes must be so interwoven with it , as to be necessary parts , or con- venient , as Mr. Dryden observes ... Episode < Poetics XVII 5–11 ) : Let us examine the Odyssey by this rule : The groundwork of the Poem is , a Prince absent ...
Page 299
... Episodes are changeable ; for instance , tho ' it was necessary that Ulysses being absent should spend several years with foreign Princes , yet it was not necessary that one of these Princes should be Antiphates , another Alcinous , or ...
... Episodes are changeable ; for instance , tho ' it was necessary that Ulysses being absent should spend several years with foreign Princes , yet it was not necessary that one of these Princes should be Antiphates , another Alcinous , or ...
Page 336
... Episodes which are necessary , and make essential parts of the Poem , ought to be grounded upon human probability ; now the Episodes of Circe , Polyphemus , the Sirens , & c . are necessary to the action of the Odyssey : But will any ...
... Episodes which are necessary , and make essential parts of the Poem , ought to be grounded upon human probability ; now the Episodes of Circe , Polyphemus , the Sirens , & c . are necessary to the action of the Odyssey : But will any ...
Contents
Telemachus and Penelope Ulysses among | 36 |
Juno deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus | 156 |
The Fight of Ulysses and Irus | 166 |
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Achilles Action Alcinous Ancients appears arms attend bear beauty beginning calls Calypso cause character chief consequently Dacier death deep descends divine Eustathius expression eyes Fable fate father feast gives Goddess Gods Greeks ground hand happy heav'n Heroe Homer honour Iliad Island Ithaca Jove kind King land manner mean Menelaus mind Minerva nature necessary Nestor never night o'er objection observes Odyssey opinion passage Penelope person Poem Poet Poetry pow'r Prince probable Queen race Reader reason relation remarkable rest rise royal says shade shews shore soul speaks story sufferings Suitors tears Telemachus tells thee thing thou thought thro train Troy true truth Ulysses verse vessel Virgil voyage whole winds wine wisdom wise woes youth