Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 103
... honour had a long contest : but she no sooner yielded to adultery , but she assisted in the murder of her husband ; from whence we may draw another moral , that one vice betrays us into another , and when once the fences of honour are ...
... honour had a long contest : but she no sooner yielded to adultery , but she assisted in the murder of her husband ; from whence we may draw another moral , that one vice betrays us into another , and when once the fences of honour are ...
Page 290
... honour that could be paid to Demodocus . The greatest Heroes in the Iliad are thus rewarded after victory , and it was esteem'd an equivalent for all dangers . So that what Ulysses here offers to the Poet , is offer'd out of a ...
... honour that could be paid to Demodocus . The greatest Heroes in the Iliad are thus rewarded after victory , and it was esteem'd an equivalent for all dangers . So that what Ulysses here offers to the Poet , is offer'd out of a ...
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... honour with so brave a life ! With him the strength of war , the soldiers pride , Our second hope to great Achilles dy'd ! Touch'd at the sight from tears I scarce refrain , And tender sorrow thrills in ev'ry vein ; 675 669 . Tho ' to ...
... honour with so brave a life ! With him the strength of war , the soldiers pride , Our second hope to great Achilles dy'd ! Touch'd at the sight from tears I scarce refrain , And tender sorrow thrills in ev'ry vein ; 675 669 . Tho ' to ...
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