Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... tow'rs they fly , 171 , & c . The Prodigy of the two Eagles . ] This prodigy is usher'd in very magni- ficently , and the verses are lofty and sonorous . The Eagles are Ulysses and Tele- machus ; By Jove's command they fly from a ...
... tow'rs they fly , 171 , & c . The Prodigy of the two Eagles . ] This prodigy is usher'd in very magni- ficently , and the verses are lofty and sonorous . The Eagles are Ulysses and Tele- machus ; By Jove's command they fly from a ...
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... tow'rs beneath the ground . But this the Gods may frustrate or fulfill , As suits the purpose of th ' eternal will . But say thro ' what waste regions hast thou stray'd , 625 What customs noted , and what coasts survey'd ? Possest by ...
... tow'rs beneath the ground . But this the Gods may frustrate or fulfill , As suits the purpose of th ' eternal will . But say thro ' what waste regions hast thou stray'd , 625 What customs noted , and what coasts survey'd ? Possest by ...
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... tow'rs ) Com'st thou a wand'rer from the Phrygian shores ? Or say , since honour call'd thee to the field , Hast thou thy Ithaca , thy bride , beheld ? Source of my life , I cry'd , from earth I fly To seek Tiresias in the nether sky ...
... tow'rs ) Com'st thou a wand'rer from the Phrygian shores ? Or say , since honour call'd thee to the field , Hast thou thy Ithaca , thy bride , beheld ? Source of my life , I cry'd , from earth I fly To seek Tiresias in the nether sky ...
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