Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Greece in arms . 265 264. Mov'd by some Oracle , or voice divine . ] The words in the original are , follow- ing the voice of some God , that is , some Oracle : Homer does not confine the expression either to a good or bad sense , but ...
... Greece in arms . 265 264. Mov'd by some Oracle , or voice divine . ] The words in the original are , follow- ing the voice of some God , that is , some Oracle : Homer does not confine the expression either to a good or bad sense , but ...
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... Greece , could be arriv'd in so short a space as they had been conceal'd there , from the various regions of Greece , and meet together in Troy ? Would the wives of these Heroes come into an enemy's country , when the whole army ...
... Greece , could be arriv'd in so short a space as they had been conceal'd there , from the various regions of Greece , and meet together in Troy ? Would the wives of these Heroes come into an enemy's country , when the whole army ...
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... Greece wept thy hapless fates , And shook astonish'd thro ' her hundred states ; Not more , when great Achilles prest the ground , And breath'd his manly spirit thro ' the wound . O deem thy fall not ow'd to man's decree , Jove hated Greece ...
... Greece wept thy hapless fates , And shook astonish'd thro ' her hundred states ; Not more , when great Achilles prest the ground , And breath'd his manly spirit thro ' the wound . O deem thy fall not ow'd to man's decree , Jove hated Greece ...
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