Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 143
... sails we court in vain Propitious winds , to waft us o'er the main : And the pale mariner at once deplores His ... sail from the Continent . The only way to unite this in- consistence is to suppose , that the Poet intended to specify the ...
... sails we court in vain Propitious winds , to waft us o'er the main : And the pale mariner at once deplores His ... sail from the Continent . The only way to unite this in- consistence is to suppose , that the Poet intended to specify the ...
Page 379
... sails from the Island of Circe to the Cimmerians : Now it is very evident from Herodotus ( IV 12 , 28 , 100 ) and Strabo < 1 ii 9 ) , that they inhabited the regions near the Bosphorus , and consequently Ulysses could not sail thither ...
... sails from the Island of Circe to the Cimmerians : Now it is very evident from Herodotus ( IV 12 , 28 , 100 ) and Strabo < 1 ii 9 ) , that they inhabited the regions near the Bosphorus , and consequently Ulysses could not sail thither ...
Page 435
... sail , and escapes with the loss only of his rudder : This story being reported of the Symplegades , might give Homer the hint of applying the crushing of the doves to Scylla and Charybdis . You may find in Eustathius several far ...
... sail , and escapes with the loss only of his rudder : This story being reported of the Symplegades , might give Homer the hint of applying the crushing of the doves to Scylla and Charybdis . You may find in Eustathius several far ...
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