Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 204
... verse with great judgment : Ulysses , says he , knew that the Phæacians were simple and credulous ; and that they had all the qualities of a lazy people , who admire nothing so much as romantic adventures : he therefore pleases them ...
... verse with great judgment : Ulysses , says he , knew that the Phæacians were simple and credulous ; and that they had all the qualities of a lazy people , who admire nothing so much as romantic adventures : he therefore pleases them ...
Page 329
... verse ; the former , to note that they thought it mis - placed ; the latter , to shew that they look'd upon it as a beauty . Apparently it is not agreeable to the description ; for how is it possible that this huge rock falling before ...
... verse ; the former , to note that they thought it mis - placed ; the latter , to shew that they look'd upon it as a beauty . Apparently it is not agreeable to the description ; for how is it possible that this huge rock falling before ...
Page 371
... Verse 92 , and 122 , of the 23d book of the Iliad , to which passages I refer the Readers . But whence had Tiresias this privilege above the rest of the dead ? Callimachus ascribes it to Minerva ( Hymn v 129-30 ) , Καὶ μόνος εὖτε θάνῃ ...
... Verse 92 , and 122 , of the 23d book of the Iliad , to which passages I refer the Readers . But whence had Tiresias this privilege above the rest of the dead ? Callimachus ascribes it to Minerva ( Hymn v 129-30 ) , Καὶ μόνος εὖτε θάνῃ ...
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