Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Poetry . SECT . I.1 THE Fables of Poets were originally employ'd in representing the Divine Nature , according to the notion then conceiv'd of it . This sub- lime Subject occasion'd the first Poets to be call'd Divines , and Poetry the ...
... Poetry . SECT . I.1 THE Fables of Poets were originally employ'd in representing the Divine Nature , according to the notion then conceiv'd of it . This sub- lime Subject occasion'd the first Poets to be call'd Divines , and Poetry the ...
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... poetry requires that something should be left to the imagination of the Reader , nor is the picture to be entirely ... Poetry sometimes to shift the Scenes , to diversify and embellish the story . But as on the stage the Poet ought not ...
... poetry requires that something should be left to the imagination of the Reader , nor is the picture to be entirely ... Poetry sometimes to shift the Scenes , to diversify and embellish the story . But as on the stage the Poet ought not ...
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... Poetry ; they give it a seriousness that is more becoming the gravity of Philosophers , than the Spirit and Majesty of Poetry . Bossu judiciously observes ( vi iv ) , that such thoughts have in their very nature a certain kind of calm ...
... Poetry ; they give it a seriousness that is more becoming the gravity of Philosophers , than the Spirit and Majesty of Poetry . Bossu judiciously observes ( vi iv ) , that such thoughts have in their very nature a certain kind of calm ...
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