Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... thing we read there is nothing else but the Effect of this Humour and these Passions . What more natural and usual Obstacle to those who take Voyages , than the Sea , the Winds , and the Storms ? Homer makes this the Intrigue of the ...
... thing we read there is nothing else but the Effect of this Humour and these Passions . What more natural and usual Obstacle to those who take Voyages , than the Sea , the Winds , and the Storms ? Homer makes this the Intrigue of the ...
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... thing we read of him in holy Writ is , that he made as if he did not hear the words which seditious people spoke against him [ Ille vero dissimulabat se audire . Reg . lib . 1 ( i.e. 1 Sam . , 10 : 27 > ] . This then is the character ...
... thing we read of him in holy Writ is , that he made as if he did not hear the words which seditious people spoke against him [ Ille vero dissimulabat se audire . Reg . lib . 1 ( i.e. 1 Sam . , 10 : 27 > ] . This then is the character ...
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... thing should have a reference to him , otherwise the narration stands still without any advance towards the conclusion of it . The Poet therefore to keep Ulysses in our minds , dwells upon his sufferings and adventures : he supplies his ...
... thing should have a reference to him , otherwise the narration stands still without any advance towards the conclusion of it . The Poet therefore to keep Ulysses in our minds , dwells upon his sufferings and adventures : he supplies his ...
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