Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Moral , and to fill up the rest with useless ornaments and foreign incidents , he extends this Moral by all its necessary consequences . As for instance in the subject before us , ' tis not enough to know , that a good understanding ...
... Moral , and to fill up the rest with useless ornaments and foreign incidents , he extends this Moral by all its necessary consequences . As for instance in the subject before us , ' tis not enough to know , that a good understanding ...
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... Morality and a Heroe in Poetry , as between moral and poetical Goodness . Achilles had as much right to the latter as Æneas . Aristotle says , that the Heroe of a Poem should be neither good nor bad ; neither advanc'd above the rest of ...
... Morality and a Heroe in Poetry , as between moral and poetical Goodness . Achilles had as much right to the latter as Æneas . Aristotle says , that the Heroe of a Poem should be neither good nor bad ; neither advanc'd above the rest of ...
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... moral couch'd under this fable or allegory : Homer intended to teach , as Eustathius remarks , that pleasure and ... Morality , and conjugal fidelity in that Heroe ? I refer the Reader to line 198n of the fifth book of the Odyssey : I ...
... moral couch'd under this fable or allegory : Homer intended to teach , as Eustathius remarks , that pleasure and ... Morality , and conjugal fidelity in that Heroe ? I refer the Reader to line 198n of the fifth book of the Odyssey : 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