Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Reader would know why Neptune is displeas'd with Ulysses , and how this Prince came to be with Calypso ? He would know how he came from Troy thither ? The Poet answers his Demands out of the Mouth of Ulysses himself , who relates these ...
... Reader would know why Neptune is displeas'd with Ulysses , and how this Prince came to be with Calypso ? He would know how he came from Troy thither ? The Poet answers his Demands out of the Mouth of Ulysses himself , who relates these ...
Page 252
... Reader is offended when that is related which he knows already , he receives no new instruction to entertain his judgment , nor any new descriptions to excite his curiosity , and by these means the very soul of Poetry is extinguish'd ...
... Reader is offended when that is related which he knows already , he receives no new instruction to entertain his judgment , nor any new descriptions to excite his curiosity , and by these means the very soul of Poetry is extinguish'd ...
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... Reader may be pleas'd to observe , that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy , and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily : he refreshes the mind of the Reader with a pleasing and beautiful scene , before he ...
... Reader may be pleas'd to observe , that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy , and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily : he refreshes the mind of the Reader with a pleasing and beautiful scene , before he ...
Contents
Telemachus and Penelope Ulysses among | 36 |
Juno deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus | 156 |
The Fight of Ulysses and Irus | 166 |
Copyright | |
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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