Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Minerva here says justifies the remark I made , that what Telemachus seem'd to have spoken rashly , may be soften'd if not vindicated by having recourse to Destiny : It is evident from this passage that Destiny was superior to the power ...
... Minerva here says justifies the remark I made , that what Telemachus seem'd to have spoken rashly , may be soften'd if not vindicated by having recourse to Destiny : It is evident from this passage that Destiny was superior to the power ...
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... Minerva absent— ] It may be ask'd in what sense Minerva can be said to come to the sacrifice ? Eustathius answers , that the Ancients finding the inclinations of men to be bent incontinently upon pleasures , to oblige them to use them ...
... Minerva absent— ] It may be ask'd in what sense Minerva can be said to come to the sacrifice ? Eustathius answers , that the Ancients finding the inclinations of men to be bent incontinently upon pleasures , to oblige them to use them ...
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... Minerva in this place is not unnecessary : The action of importance to be describ'd is no less than the change of the fortunes of Ulysses ; it is from this assembly that his affairs take a new turn , and hasten to a happy re ...
... Minerva in this place is not unnecessary : The action of importance to be describ'd is no less than the change of the fortunes of Ulysses ; it is from this assembly that his affairs take a new turn , and hasten to a happy re ...
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