Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Mean time Telemachus , the blooming heir Ogygia IIO 110. Mean time Telemachus - demands my care , & c . ] Rapin has rais'd several objections against this piece of conduct in Homer ( Comparaison v , 1 114-15 ) : He tells us that the ...
... Mean time Telemachus , the blooming heir Ogygia IIO 110. Mean time Telemachus - demands my care , & c . ] Rapin has rais'd several objections against this piece of conduct in Homer ( Comparaison v , 1 114-15 ) : He tells us that the ...
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... Mean - time in dubious thought the King awaits , And self - considering , as he stands , debates ; Distant his mournful story to declare , Or prostrate at her knee address the pray❜r . But fearful to offend , by wisdom sway'd , At ...
... Mean - time in dubious thought the King awaits , And self - considering , as he stands , debates ; Distant his mournful story to declare , Or prostrate at her knee address the pray❜r . But fearful to offend , by wisdom sway'd , At ...
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... mean thought express'd in noble terms being more tolerable , than a noble thought disgrac'd by mean expressions . Things that have an intrinsic greatness need only to be barely represented to fill the soul with admiration , but it shews ...
... mean thought express'd in noble terms being more tolerable , than a noble thought disgrac'd by mean expressions . Things that have an intrinsic greatness need only to be barely represented to fill the soul with admiration , but it shews ...
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