The Odyssey of HomerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1917 - 429 pages |
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Page iii
... WIND BEYOND THE CLOSE OF HEAVY FLOWERS AND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE LANGUID HOURS , THEY HEAR LIKE OCEAN ON A WESTERN BEACH THE SURGE AND THUNDER OF THE ODYSSEY , 410759 A. L. PREFACE . THERE would have been less controversy about the ી 2.
... WIND BEYOND THE CLOSE OF HEAVY FLOWERS AND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE LANGUID HOURS , THEY HEAR LIKE OCEAN ON A WESTERN BEACH THE SURGE AND THUNDER OF THE ODYSSEY , 410759 A. L. PREFACE . THERE would have been less controversy about the ી 2.
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... winds toss Odysseus about , their sport must be called ' the horrid tennis . ' In the age of Anne , dignity ' and ' correctness ' had to be given to Homer , and Pope gave them by aid of his dazzling rhetoric , his antitheses , his ...
... winds toss Odysseus about , their sport must be called ' the horrid tennis . ' In the age of Anne , dignity ' and ' correctness ' had to be given to Homer , and Pope gave them by aid of his dazzling rhetoric , his antitheses , his ...
Page xiii
... wind then carried his ships to Malea , the extreme southern point of Greece . Had he doubled Malea safely , he would ... winds ' drove Odysseus and his ships for ten days , and on the tenth they touched the land of the Lotus- Eaters ...
... wind then carried his ships to Malea , the extreme southern point of Greece . Had he doubled Malea safely , he would ... winds ' drove Odysseus and his ships for ten days , and on the tenth they touched the land of the Lotus- Eaters ...
Page xv
... winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even with the most favourable gale , it was ten days ' sail from Ithaca . In the Isle of Aeolus Odysseus abode for a month , and then received from the king a bag in which all ...
... winds . This place too is undefined ; we only learn that , even with the most favourable gale , it was ten days ' sail from Ithaca . In the Isle of Aeolus Odysseus abode for a month , and then received from the king a bag in which all ...
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... wind . And she seized her doughty spear , shod with sharp bronze , weighty and huge and strong , wherewith she quells the ranks of heroes with whomsoever she is wroth , the daughter of the mighty sire . Then from the heights of Olympus ...
... wind . And she seized her doughty spear , shod with sharp bronze , weighty and huge and strong , wherewith she quells the ranks of heroes with whomsoever she is wroth , the daughter of the mighty sire . Then from the heights of Olympus ...
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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