The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page viii
... 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 cannot well be made to hold together . There can be then , it ...
... 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 cannot well be made to hold together . There can be then , it ...
Page 9
... give it him , for he had in awe the everliving gods . But my father gave it him , for he bare him wondrous love . O that Odysseus might in such strength consort with the wooers : so should they all have swift fate and bitter wedlock ...
... give it him , for he had in awe the everliving gods . But my father gave it him , for he bare him wondrous love . O that Odysseus might in such strength consort with the wooers : so should they all have swift fate and bitter wedlock ...
Page 10
... give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . ( Fit out a ship , the best thou hast , with twenty oarsmen , and go to inquire concerning thy father that is long afar , if perchance any man shall tell thee aught , or if ...
... give a word of wise counsel , if perchance thou wilt hearken . ( Fit out a ship , the best thou hast , with twenty oarsmen , and go to inquire concerning thy father that is long afar , if perchance any man shall tell thee aught , or if ...
Page 11
... give to friends . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him : ' Hold me now no longer , that am eager for the way . But whatso- ever gift thine heart shall bid thee give me , when I am on my way back let it be mine to carry ...
... give to friends . ' Then the goddess , grey - eyed Athene , answered him : ' Hold me now no longer , that am eager for the way . But whatso- ever gift thine heart shall bid thee give me , when I am on my way back let it be mine to carry ...
Page 20
... give me more be- sides , for my mother will call down the dire Avengers as she departs from the house , and I shall have blame of men ; surely then I will never speak this word . Nay , if your own heart , even yours , is indignant ...
... give me more be- sides , for my mother will call down the dire Avengers as she departs from the house , and I shall have blame of men ; surely then I will never speak this word . Nay , if your own heart , even yours , is indignant ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Atreus bade behold beneath black ship Calypso cast chamber Circe counsels answered dear death deathless gods decked ships deeds deep didst doublet drave drew drink Dulichium earth Eumaeus Eupeithes Eurycleia Eurylochus Eurymachus evil fair father feast fell friends gifts goddess godlike grey-eyed Athene halls handmaids hands hath Hephaestus hither hollow ship Homer Icarius isle Ithaca Laertes land lest lord maidens Melanthius Menelaus methinks mighty mother Nestor nigh noble Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails saying slay sleep smote sorrow spake unto spear spirit steadfast goodly Odysseus stood straightway stranger sweet swift ship swine swineherd Teiresias tell thee thereof Therewith thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself took twain verily voice wandering Wherefore wife wind wine winged words wise Penelope wise Telemachus answered wooers Zeus