Translations of Homer: The OdysseyMethuen, 1967 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... wind . Then to my native country had I sail'd ; But , the cape doubled , adverse winds prevail'd . Strong was the tyde , which by the northern blast Impell❜d , our vessels on Cythera cast . Nine days our fleet th ' uncertain tempest ...
... wind . Then to my native country had I sail'd ; But , the cape doubled , adverse winds prevail'd . Strong was the tyde , which by the northern blast Impell❜d , our vessels on Cythera cast . Nine days our fleet th ' uncertain tempest ...
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... winds , call'd him King Aolin , or King of the winds and storms ; from hence Homer form'd a proper name , and call'd him Aïoλos . It must be confess'd , that this solution is in- genious , and not without an appearance of probability ...
... winds , call'd him King Aolin , or King of the winds and storms ; from hence Homer form'd a proper name , and call'd him Aïoλos . It must be confess'd , that this solution is in- genious , and not without an appearance of probability ...
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... winds , and gives him twelve children , these denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
... winds , and gives him twelve children , these denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
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