Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Heroe in Morality and a Heroe in Poetry , as between moral and poetical Goodness . Achilles had as much right to the latter as Æneas . Aristotle says , that the Heroe of a Poem should be neither good nor bad ; neither advanc'd above the ...
... Heroe in Morality and a Heroe in Poetry , as between moral and poetical Goodness . Achilles had as much right to the latter as Æneas . Aristotle says , that the Heroe of a Poem should be neither good nor bad ; neither advanc'd above the ...
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... Heroe as valiant as Achilles , as pious as Eneas , and as prudent as Ulysses . But ' tis a meer Chimæra to imagine a Heroe that has the Valour of Achilles , the Piety of Eneas , and the Prudence of Ulysses , at one and the same time ...
... Heroe as valiant as Achilles , as pious as Eneas , and as prudent as Ulysses . But ' tis a meer Chimæra to imagine a Heroe that has the Valour of Achilles , the Piety of Eneas , and the Prudence of Ulysses , at one and the same time ...
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... Heroe , and ought to have freed himself by his courage from such an unworthy degree of resentment . But to me there appears no weight in this objection : We must remember what an Heroe Ajax is , a sow'r , stubborn , untractable Heroe ...
... Heroe , and ought to have freed himself by his courage from such an unworthy degree of resentment . But to me there appears no weight in this objection : We must remember what an Heroe Ajax is , a sow'r , stubborn , untractable Heroe ...
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