The Odyssey, done into Engl. prose by S.H. Butcher and A. Lang1879 |
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... deed to blame any of these translations in their place . They give that which the romantic reader of poetry , or the student of the age of Anne , looks for in verse ; and without tags of this sort , a translation of Homer in verse ...
... deed to blame any of these translations in their place . They give that which the romantic reader of poetry , or the student of the age of Anne , looks for in verse ; and without tags of this sort , a translation of Homer in verse ...
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... deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his friends this long while suffereth affliction in a seagirt isle , where is the navel of the sea , a woodland isle , and therein a goddess hath her ...
... deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his friends this long while suffereth affliction in a seagirt isle , where is the navel of the sea , a woodland isle , and therein a goddess hath her ...
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... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
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... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
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... deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou sing as thou sittest by them , and let them drink their wine in silence ; but cease from this pitiful strain , that ever wastes my heart within my breast , since ...
... deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou sing as thou sittest by them , and let them drink their wine in silence ; but cease from this pitiful strain , that ever wastes my heart within my breast , since ...
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Achaeans Alcinous answered Athene bear behold beneath bring brought called cast chamber comes counsels daughter dear death deeds deep departed desire doors drew drink earth evil eyes fair father feast fell friends gave gifts give goddess gods gone goodly goodly Odysseus halls hands hard hath head heard heart hither hold isle Ithaca keep king laid land look lord mighty mind mother never night Odysseus passed Penelope Phaeacians pray raiment renowned rest saying sent shalt ship sleep soon sorrow spake speak spirit stood straightway stranger surely sweet swift swift ship swineherd Telemachus tell thee Therewith thine things thou art thou hast took turn twain unto verily voice wandering wife wind wine wise women wooers Zeus
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Page 242 - And lo, a hound raised up his head and pricked his ears, even where he lay, Argos, the hound of Odysseus, of the hardy heart, which of old himself had bred, but had got no joy of him, for ere that, he went to sacred Ilios. Now in time past the young men used to lead the hound against wild goats and deer and hares; but as then, despised he lay (his master being afar) in the deep dung of mules and kine, whereof an ample bed was spread before the doors, till the thralls of Odysseus should carry it away...
Page 132 - She came to the limits of the world, to the deep-flowing Oceanus. There is the land and the city of the Cimmerians, shrouded in mist and cloud, and never does the shining sun look down on them with his rays, neither when he climbs up the starry heavens, nor when again he turns earthward from the firmament, but deadly night is outspread over miserable mortals. Thither we came and ran the ship ashore and took out the sheep; but for our part we held on our way along the stream of Oceanus, till we came...
Page 299 - Erebus, and the sun has perished out of heaven, and an evil mist is spread abroad.
Page 179 - Son of Laertes, of the seed of Zeus, Odysseus of many devices, an evil doom of some god was my bane and wine out of measure. When I laid me down on the house-top of Circe I minded me not to descend again by the way of the tall ladder, but fell right down from the roof, and my neck was broken off from the bones of the...
Page 111 - For we are no perfect boxers, nor wrestlers, but speedy runners, and the best of seamen ; and dear to us ever is the banquet, and the harp, and the dance, and changes of raiment, and the warm bath, and love, and sleep.
Page 274 - There is a land called Crete in the midst of the wine-dark sea, a fair land and a rich, begirt with water, and therein are many men innumerable, and ninety cities.
Page 337 - ... he wiped the crusted brine of the barren sea. But when he had washed his whole body, and anointed him with olive oil, and had clad himself in the raiment that the unwedded maiden gave him, then Athene, the daughter of Zeus, made him greater and more mighty to behold, and from his head caused deep curling locks to flow, like the hyacinth flower.
Page 56 - Therewith she dived beneath the heaving sea, but I betook me to the ships where they stood in the sand, and my heart was darkly troubled as I went. But after I had come down to the ship and to the sea, and we had made ready our supper and immortal night had come on, then did we lay us to rest upon the sea-beach. So soon as early Dawn shone forth, the rosy-fingered...
Page 125 - ... land, with the wash from the deep sea, and drave it to the shore. Then I caught up a long pole in my hands, and thrust the ship from off the land, and roused my company, and with a motion of the head bade them dash in with their oars, that so we might escape our evil plight. So they bent to their oars and rowed on. But when we had now made twice the distance over the brine, I would fain have spoken to the Cyclops, but my company stayed me on every side with soft words, saying: ' "Foolhardy that...
Page 250 - Icarius, that he may himself set the bride-price for his daughter, and bestow her on whom he will, even on him who finds favour in his sight. But they resorting to our house day by day sacrifice oxen and sheep and fat goats, and keep revel, and drink the dark wine recklessly, and lo, our great wealth is wasted, for there is no man now alive such as Odysseus was, to keep ruin from the house.