Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Alexander Pope, Homer Maynard Mack. Manners , by such instructions as are disguis'd under the allegories of some One important Action , which is related in verse , after a probable , diverting , and surprizing manner . " ( 1 iii ) The ...
Alexander Pope, Homer Maynard Mack. Manners , by such instructions as are disguis'd under the allegories of some One important Action , which is related in verse , after a probable , diverting , and surprizing manner . " ( 1 iii ) The ...
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... Manners . The Manners of the Epic Poem ought to be poetically good , but it is not necessary they be always morally so . They are poetically good , when one may discover the Virtue or Vice , the good or ill Inclina- tions , of every one ...
... Manners . The Manners of the Epic Poem ought to be poetically good , but it is not necessary they be always morally so . They are poetically good , when one may discover the Virtue or Vice , the good or ill Inclina- tions , of every one ...
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... manner . Sometimes they act invisibly , and by meer Inspiration ; which has nothing in it extraordinary or miraculous : being no more than what we say every day , " That some God has assisted us , or some Dæmon has instigated us . " At ...
... manner . Sometimes they act invisibly , and by meer Inspiration ; which has nothing in it extraordinary or miraculous : being no more than what we say every day , " That some God has assisted us , or some Dæmon has instigated us . " At ...
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