The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page vii
... tell once more , in simple prose , the story of Odysseus . We have tried to transfer , not all the truth about the poem , but the historical truth , into English . In this process Homer must lose at least half his charm , his bright and ...
... tell once more , in simple prose , the story of Odysseus . We have tried to transfer , not all the truth about the poem , but the historical truth , into English . In this process Homer must lose at least half his charm , his bright and ...
Page viii
Homer. at this moment , it seems most necessary to tell . This is the half of the truth that the translators who use verse cannot easily tell . They must be adding to Homer , talk- ing with Pope about ' tracing the mazy lev'ret o'er the ...
Homer. at this moment , it seems most necessary to tell . This is the half of the truth that the translators who use verse cannot easily tell . They must be adding to Homer , talk- ing with Pope about ' tracing the mazy lev'ret o'er the ...
Page 1
... TELL me , Muse , of that man , so ready at need , who wan- dered far and wide , after he had sacked the sacred1 citadel of Troy , and many were the men whose towns he saw and whose mind he learnt , yea , and many the woes he suffered in ...
... TELL me , Muse , of that man , so ready at need , who wan- dered far and wide , after he had sacked the sacred1 citadel of Troy , and many were the men whose towns he saw and whose mind he learnt , yea , and many the woes he suffered in ...
Page 6
... tell me all plainly : Who art thou of the sons of men , and whence ? Where is thy city , where are they that begat thee ? Say , on what manner of ship didst thou come , and how did sailors bring thee to Ithaca , and who did they avow ...
... tell me all plainly : Who art thou of the sons of men , and whence ? Where is thy city , where are they that begat thee ? Say , on what manner of ship didst thou come , and how did sailors bring thee to Ithaca , and who did they avow ...
Page 8
... tell thee all . My mother verily saith that I am his ; for myself I know not , for never man yet knew of himself his own descent . O that I had been the son of some blessed man , whom old age overtook among his own posses- sions ! But ...
... tell thee all . My mother verily saith that I am his ; for myself I know not , for never man yet knew of himself his own descent . O that I had been the son of some blessed man , whom old age overtook among his own posses- sions ! But ...
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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