Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 73
... ask'd in vain ) A bark to waft me o'er the rolling main ; The realms of Pyle and Sparta to explore , And seek my royal sire from shore to shore : If , or to Fame his doubtful fate be known , Or to be learn'd from Oracles alone ? If yet ...
... ask'd in vain ) A bark to waft me o'er the rolling main ; The realms of Pyle and Sparta to explore , And seek my royal sire from shore to shore : If , or to Fame his doubtful fate be known , Or to be learn'd from Oracles alone ? If yet ...
Page 82
... ask'd why this particularity is necessary , and may it not be thought that such a little circumstance is insigni- ficant ? The answer is , that a great deal depends upon this particularity ; no less than the discovery of the voyage of ...
... ask'd why this particularity is necessary , and may it not be thought that such a little circumstance is insigni- ficant ? The answer is , that a great deal depends upon this particularity ; no less than the discovery of the voyage of ...
Page 252
... ask'd him who he was , but he passes over this without any reply , and reserves the greatest part of his story to a time of more leisure , that he may discover himself to a better advantage before the whole Peerage of the Phæacians . I ...
... ask'd him who he was , but he passes over this without any reply , and reserves the greatest part of his story to a time of more leisure , that he may discover himself to a better advantage before the whole Peerage of the Phæacians . I ...
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