Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Nature , ( to which our understanding bears so small a proportion ) did as it were force them upon dividing the single Idea of the Only One God into several Persons , under the different names of Jupiter , Juno , Neptune , and the rest ...
... Nature , ( to which our understanding bears so small a proportion ) did as it were force them upon dividing the single Idea of the Only One God into several Persons , under the different names of Jupiter , Juno , Neptune , and the rest ...
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... nature of a true and solid Virtue , as is to be observ'd in the two others . The Dissimulation of Ulysses is a part of his Prudence ; and the Meekness of Æneas is wholly employ'd in submitting his Will to the Gods . For the making up ...
... nature of a true and solid Virtue , as is to be observ'd in the two others . The Dissimulation of Ulysses is a part of his Prudence ; and the Meekness of Æneas is wholly employ'd in submitting his Will to the Gods . For the making up ...
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... Natural Philosophy , where if a Poet describes the Deities , he must give them such Manners , Speeches , and Actions as are conformable to the nature of the things they repre- sent under those Divinities . The case is the same in Moral ...
... Natural Philosophy , where if a Poet describes the Deities , he must give them such Manners , Speeches , and Actions as are conformable to the nature of the things they repre- sent under those Divinities . The case is the same in Moral ...
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