Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... shews , that they act in concert , and unity of councils : At first they float upon the wind ; this implies the calmness and secresy of the approach of those Heroes : At last they clang their wings and hovering beat the skies ; this shews ...
... shews , that they act in concert , and unity of councils : At first they float upon the wind ; this implies the calmness and secresy of the approach of those Heroes : At last they clang their wings and hovering beat the skies ; this shews ...
Page 135
... shews the necessity of the introduction of Helen , and the use the Poet makes of it : she is not brought in merely as a muta Persona , to fill up the number of persons ; but she relates several incidents , in which she her self was ...
... shews the necessity of the introduction of Helen , and the use the Poet makes of it : she is not brought in merely as a muta Persona , to fill up the number of persons ; but she relates several incidents , in which she her self was ...
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... shews himself in a very opposite light : He is so far from contending with the Gods , that he allows himself to be inferior to some other Heroes : an instance of modesty . 265 . -Age well may fail , When storms and hunger- ] This ...
... shews himself in a very opposite light : He is so far from contending with the Gods , that he allows himself to be inferior to some other Heroes : an instance of modesty . 265 . -Age well may fail , When storms and hunger- ] This ...
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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