Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 111
... glory he gives us : so that the assistance of man eclipses , but the assistance of a God exalts , our glory . Thus for instance , when Achilles is pursuing Hector , he charges the Greeks to keep off from Hector ; their assistance might ...
... glory he gives us : so that the assistance of man eclipses , but the assistance of a God exalts , our glory . Thus for instance , when Achilles is pursuing Hector , he charges the Greeks to keep off from Hector ; their assistance might ...
Page 126
... glory fir'd , Far from their country in my cause expir'd ! Still in short intervals of pleasing woe , Regardful of ... glory , that they both are joyless to him . Either of these interpretations shew an excellent temper of humanity in ...
... glory fir'd , Far from their country in my cause expir'd ! Still in short intervals of pleasing woe , Regardful of ... glory , that they both are joyless to him . Either of these interpretations shew an excellent temper of humanity in ...
Page 413
... glory to life " ( Dia . of the Dead , 26 ( 2 : 400 ) ) . This is an answer to what Dacier advances , for Achilles speaks with experience , and yet pre- fers misery and life before glory and death . I know not how to vindicate Homer ...
... glory to life " ( Dia . of the Dead , 26 ( 2 : 400 ) ) . This is an answer to what Dacier advances , for Achilles speaks with experience , and yet pre- fers misery and life before glory and death . I know not how to vindicate Homer ...
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