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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 edition. Excerpt: ...Lest, fairest of thy sister-menials now, Thou forfeit all those beauties; fear besides Lest by some rudeness thou provoke the queen, And lest Ulysses come, of whose return Hope yet survives; but even though the chief Have perish'd, as ye think, and comes no more, Consider yet the prince; his growth; his age; Apollo's gifts; no woman here can hide, As erst she might, her trespass from his eye, For all his heedless years have pass'd away. He ended, whom Penelope o'erheard, And her attendant sharply thus rebuk'd. Shameless, audacious woman! known to me Is thy great wickedness, which with thy life I Thou shalt atone; for thou wast well aware, (Hearing it from myself) that I design'd This stranger's stay, for close inquiry-sake Of my long-lost and most lamented lord. Then to her mistress of the stores she said--Eurynome! bring hither for the guest A cover'd seat, for sitting he shall hear And answer best my questions, like to prove Not few, nor satisfied with short reply. She spake; Eurynome with brisk despatch A seat supplied with fleecy cover spread, On which, at once,, the toil-accustom'd chief Reposing, thus Penelope began. Stranger! my first inquiry shall be this--Who art thou? whence? where born, and sprung from whom? Then answer thus Ulysses, wise, return'd. O queen! uncensurable by the lips Of mortal man! thy glory climbs the skies Unrivall'd, like the praise of some great king Who o'er a numerous people and renown'd Presiding like a deity, maintains Justice and truth. Their harvests overswett The sower's hopes j their trees, o'erladen, scarce Their fruit sustain; no sickness thins the folds; The finny swarms of ocean crowd the shores, And all are rich and happy, for his sake.3 3 Although Homer numbers a plentiful supply of fish among the...
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Ancient Greek poet Homer established the gold standard for heroic quests and sweeping journeys with his pair of classic epic poems, although very little is known about him. He has fascinated scholars for centuries and there is much disagreement about where he was from and when The Odyssey and The Iliad were written. There is no doubt, however, that these two poems form one of the foundations of Western literature.
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1150496576
- ISBN 13 9781150496578
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages86
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