Translation of Homer's OdysseyBaldwin and Cradock, 1837 |
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abode Achaians address'd Amphinomus answer'd Antinous approach'd arms arrived Autolycus bark beeves beneath bespake brave ceased Chief couch Crete Ctesippus dæmon daughter death deed Deep didst thus reply divine dread Dulichium Echetus Eumæus Euryclea Eurymachus Eurynome ever-wise eyes father feast fill'd friends Frogs gave gifts Goddess godlike Gods guest hands hath hear heart heaven hence herald Hero Icarius illustrious isle Ithaca Jove King Laertes land length lest Lord maidens mantle meantime Melanthius Menelaus Minerva Neleus noble numerous o'er ODYSSEY once palace Pallas Penelope discrete perchance Phæacian Phoenicia Pisistratus Polybus portal Prince Pylian Pylus Queen reach'd renown'd return'd safe saying seat seized shore side sire slain slay sleep soon sought spake spear stood stranger suitors swine-herd tears Telemachus thee thence Theoclymenus Thesprotians thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself toil-inured Ulysses wilt wine wing'd accents wise
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الصفحة 100 - ... perceived, While on the variegated seats she spread Their fleecy covering; swift with tearful eyes She flew to him, and the whole female train Of brave Ulysses swarm'd around his son, Clasping him, and his forehead and his neck Kissing affectionate; then came herself, As golden Venus or Diana fair...
الصفحة 15 - And in imposture various, need shall find Of all his policy, although a God. Canst thou not cease, inventive as thou art And subtle, from the wiles which thou hast loved Since thou wast infant, and from tricks of speech...
الصفحة 156 - I have perform'd it, in my own despight. 195 But no escape from marriage now remains, Nor other subterfuge for me ; meantime My parents urge my nuptials, and my son (Of age to note it) with disgust observes His wealth consumed ; for he is now become 200 Adult, and abler than myself to rule The house, a Prince distinguish'd by the Gods. Yet, stranger, after all, speak thy descent ; Say whence thou art ; for not of fabulous birth Art thou, nor from the oak, nor from the rock.
الصفحة 44 - But since I have begun, I shall proceed, Prating my fill. Ah might those days return With all the youth and strength that I enjoy'd, When in close ambush, once, at Troy we lay ! Ulysses, Menelaus, and myself 575 Their chosen coadjutor, led the band.
الصفحة 84 - Why deem'st thou me divine? I am thy father, for whose sake thou lead'st A life of woe, by violence oppress'd.' So saying, he kiss'd his son, while from his cheeks Tears trickled, tears till then perforce restrained.
الصفحة 142 - Yoked oxen in the plough ; and were the field In size four acres ; with a glebe through which The share might smoothly glide : then shouldst thou see How straight my furrow should be cut and true.
الصفحة 119 - For in similitude of strangers oft, The gods, who can with ease all shapes assume, Repair to populous cities, where they mark The outrageous and the righteous deeds of men.
الصفحة 155 - My nuptials; wait till I shall finish, first, A funeral robe (lest all my threads decay) Which for the ancient Hero I prepare, Laertes, looking for the mournful hour When fate shall snatch him to eternal rest; Else, I the censure dread of all my sex, Should he, so wealthy, want at last a shroud.
الصفحة 85 - ... him. Telemachus viewed him with astonishment, and at first thought he must be more than mortal. But Ulysses announced himself as his father, and accounted for the change of appearance by explaining that it was Minerva's doing. " Then threw Telemachus His arms around his father's neck and wept. Desire intense of lamentation seized On both ; soft murmurs uttering, each indulged His grief.
الصفحة 20 - Laecd.-emon he is gone, Anxious to learn if yet his father lives. To whom Ulysses, ever-wise, replied. And why, alas ! all-knowing as thou art, Him left'st thou ignorant! was it that he, He also, wandering wide the barren deep, Might suffer woe, while these devour his wealth ! Him answer'd then Pallas ccerulean-eyed. Grieve thou not much for him. I sent him forth Myself, that there arrived, he might acquire Honour and fame. No sufferings finds be there, But in Atrides...