The Odyssey Of HomerThis book contains one of the most famous literary works in history, "The Odyssey" rendered into beautiful English prose. There can be, however, it appears, no final English translation of Homer. In each there must be, in addition to what is Greek and eternal, the element of what is modern, personal, and fleeting. A prose translation cannot give the movement and the fire of a successful translation in verse; it only gathers, as it were, the crumbs which fall from the richer table, only tells the story, without the song. Yet to a prose translation is permitted, perhaps, that close adherence to the archaisms of the epic, which in verse become mere oddities. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Preface To The Third Edition | 4 |
Introduction | 5 |
Book I | 8 |
Book VI | 69 |
Book VII | 76 |
Book VIII | 83 |
Book IX | 95 |
Book XIII | 141 |
Book XIV | 150 |
Book XV | 161 |
Book XVI | 172 |
Book XVII | 182 |
Book XVIII | 195 |
Book XIX | 204 |
Book XX | 216 |
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Achaeans Alcinous answered Athene behold beneath bring brought called cast chamber comes counsels daughter dear death deeds deep departed 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 Ithaca keep king laid land look lord mighty mind mother never nigh night noble Odysseus passed Penelope Phaeacians pray raiment rest saying shalt ship sleep soon sorrow spake speak spirit stood straightway stranger suffered surely sweet swift swift ship swineherd Telemachus tell tell thee thee Therewith thine things thou art thou hast thought took turn unto verily voice wandering wide wife wind wine winged wise women wooers Zeus