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Page 143
... instances which are equally anachronisms. Witness all the names of the Gods
and Goddesses throughout Homer. Jupiter for Łeus, Juno for Hera, Neptune for
Poseidon, &c When lo ! a bright czerulean form appears, The fair BOOK IV i43.
... instances which are equally anachronisms. Witness all the names of the Gods
and Goddesses throughout Homer. Jupiter for Łeus, Juno for Hera, Neptune for
Poseidon, &c When lo ! a bright czerulean form appears, The fair BOOK IV i43.
Page 258
The last lines.] It may seem somewhat extraordinary, that Alcinous and his Queen
who have been describ'd as patterns of conjugal happiness should sleep in
distinct beds. Jupiter and Juno, as Dacier observes from 258 HOMER'S
ODYSSEY.
The last lines.] It may seem somewhat extraordinary, that Alcinous and his Queen
who have been describ'd as patterns of conjugal happiness should sleep in
distinct beds. Jupiter and Juno, as Dacier observes from 258 HOMER'S
ODYSSEY.
Page 435
As Juno is frequently used in Homer to denote the air, he ascribes the
prosperous wind to that Goddess, who presides over the air : Thus in Poetry,
Juno Wing'd her fleet sail, and push'd her o'er the tyde. Eustathius. Wing'd her
fleet sail, and ...
As Juno is frequently used in Homer to denote the air, he ascribes the
prosperous wind to that Goddess, who presides over the air : Thus in Poetry,
Juno Wing'd her fleet sail, and push'd her o'er the tyde. Eustathius. Wing'd her
fleet sail, and ...
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Contents
A General View of the Epic Poem And of | 3 |
Minervas descent to Ithaca | 25 |
INTRODUCTION | 33 |
Copyright | |
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Achilles Action Agamemnon Alcinous Ancients appears arms ask'd Atrides beauty call'd Calypso character Circe coast companions consequently crown'd Cyclops Dacier danger death Deity Demodocus descends describ'd dire divine Epic Epic Poetry Episodes Eurylochus Eurymachus Eustathius observes Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fable fame fate father feast gives Goddess Gods Grecian Greeks heav'n Heroe Homer honour Iliad Island Ithaca Jove Jupiter King Laestrygones Laodamas Leucothea Menelaus Minerva Mneas moral nature Nausicaa Neptune Nestor night nymph o'er Odyssey Palace Pallas passage passion Penelope person Pheacians Plutarch Poem Poet Poetics Poetry pow'r Prince Pylos Queen Reader reason relation rock royal sacred sails shade shews ship shore sire skies song soul speaks Spondanus story Strabo stranger Suitors swift tears Telemachus thee thou thought thro toils Trojan Troy Ulysses verse vessel Virgil voyage waves whole winds wine wisdom wise woes words youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems: Translations of Homer: The Odyssey Volume 9 of Poems, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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