The Collected Works of Homer E-Book

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• Sprache: Englisch

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This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - estimated 4200 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Iliad • The Odyssey • The Odyssey of, Done into English Prose

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The Iliad of Homer

INTRODUCTION.

POPE'S PREFACE TO THE ILIAD OF HOMER

THE ILIAD.

BOOK I.

BOOK II.

BOOK III.

BOOK IV.

BOOK V.

BOOK VI.

BOOK VII.

BOOK VIII.

BOOK IX.

BOOK X.

BOOK XI.

BOOK XII.

BOOK XIII.

BOOK XIV.

BOOK XV.

BOOK XVI.

BOOK XVII.

BOOK XVIII.

BOOK XIX.

BOOK XX.

BOOK XXI.

BOOK XXII.

BOOK XXIII.

BOOK XXIV.

CONCLUDING NOTE.

Footnotes

THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY

BY THE REV. ALFRED J. CHURCH, M.A.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE ODYSSEY:

I. THE COUNSEL OF ATHENE

II. THE ASSEMBLY

III. NESTOR'S TALE

IV. IN SPARTA

V. MENELAUS'S TALE

VI. ULYSSES ON HIS RAFT

VII. NAUSICAA

VIII. ALCINOUS

IX. THE PHAEACIANS

X. THE CYCLOPS

XI. AEOLUS; THE LAESTRYGONS; CIRCE

XII. THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD

XIII. THE SIRENS; SCYLLA; THE OXEN OF THE SUN

XIV. ITHACA

XV. EUMAEUS, THE SWINEHERD

XVI. THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS

XVII. ULYSSES AND TELEMACHUS

XVIII. ULYSSES IN HIS HOME

XX. ULYSSES IS DISCOVERED BY HIS NURSE

XXI. THE TRIAL OF THE BOW

XXII. THE SLAYING OF THE SUITORS

XXIII. THE END OF THE WANDERING

XXIV. THE TRIUMPH OF ULYSSES

PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES

THE ODYSSEY

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

THE ASSEMBLY

CHAPTER III

NESTOR

CHAPTER IV

IN SPARTA

CHAPTER V

MENELAUS'S TALE

CHAPTER VI

ULYSSES ON HIS RAFT

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

ALCINOUS

CHAPTER IX

THE PHAEACIANS

CHAPTER X

THE CYCLOPS

(THE TALE OF ULYSSES)

CHAPTER XI

(THE TALE OF ULYSSES)

CHAPTER XII

THE DWELLINGS OF THE DEAD

(THE TALE OF ULYSSES)

CHAPTER XIII

(THE TALE OF ULYSSES)

CHAPTER XIV

ITHACA

CHAPTER XV

EUMAEUS, THE SWINEHERD

CHAPTER XVI

THE RETURN OF TELEMACHUS

CHAPTER XVII

ULYSSES AND TELEMACHUS

CHAPTER XVIII

ULYSSES IN HIS HOME

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XX

ULYSSES IS DISCOVERED BY HIS NURSE

CHAPTER XXI

THE TRIAL OF THE BOW

CHAPTER XXII

THE SLAYING OF THE SUITORS

CHAPTER XXIII

THE END OF THE WANDERING

CHAPTER XXIV

THE TRIUMPH OF ULYSSES

PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES

ODYSSEUS

THE HERO OF ITHACA

MARY E. BURT

ZENAÏDE A. RAGOZIN

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON

CONTENTS

PART I

PART II

PART III

INTRODUCTION

PART I

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF THE HERO, ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER I

ABOUT TROY AND THE JOURNEY OF PARIS TO GREECE

CHAPTER II

THE FLIGHT OF HELEN

CHAPTER III

THE GREEKS SAIL FOR TROY

CHAPTER IV

THE FALL OF TROY

PART II

THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO HIS OWN COUNTRY

CHAPTER V

ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF CALYPSO

CHAPTER VI

ODYSSEUS CONSTRUCTS A RAFT AND LEAVES THE ISLAND

CHAPTER VII

ODYSSEUS IS SAVED ON THE ISLAND OF SCHERIA

CHAPTER VIII

NAUSICAÄ IS SENT TO THE RIVER BY ATHENA

CHAPTER IX

ODYSSEUS ARRIVES AT THE PALACE OF ALKINOÖS

CHAPTER X

ODYSSEUS IN THE HALLS OF ALKINOÖS

CHAPTER XI

THE BANQUET IN HONOR OF ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER XII

ODYSSEUS RELATES HIS ADVENTURES

CHAPTER XIII

THE LOTUS-EATERS AND THE CYCLOPS

CHAPTER XIV

THE CAVE OF THE CYCLOPS

CHAPTER XV

THE BLINDING OF THE CYCLOPS

CHAPTER XVI

ODYSSEUS AND HIS COMPANIONS LEAVE THE LAND OF THE CYCLOPS

CHAPTER XVII

THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF ÆOLUS

CHAPTER XVIII

ODYSSEUS AT THE HOME OF CIRCÈ

CHAPTER XIX

CIRCÈ INSTRUCTS ODYSSEUS CONCERNING HIS DESCENT TO HADES

CHAPTER XX

THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS IN HADES

CHAPTER XXI

ODYSSEUS CONVERSES WITH HIS MOTHER AND AGAMEMNON

CHAPTER XXII

CONVERSATION WITH ACHILLES AND OTHER HEROES

CHAPTER XXIII

THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO THE ISLAND OF CIRCÈ

CHAPTER XXIV

ODYSSEUS MEETS THE SIRENS, SKYLLA, AND CHARYBDIS

CHAPTER XXV

ODYSSEUS ON THE ISLAND OF HĒLIOS

CHAPTER XXVI

THE DEPARTURE OF ODYSSEUS FROM THE ISLAND OF SCHERIA

CHAPTER XXVII

ODYSSEUS ARRIVES AT ITHACA

CHAPTER XXVIII

ODYSSEUS SEEKS THE SWINEHERD

PART III

THE TRIUMPH OF ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER XXIX

ATHENA ADVISES TELEMACHOS

CHAPTER XXX

TELEMACHOS ASTONISHES THE WOOERS

CHAPTER XXXI

PENELOPE'S WEB

CHAPTER XXXII

THE JOURNEY OF TELEMACHOS

CHAPTER XXXIII

TELEMACHOS IN PYLOS

CHAPTER XXXIV

TELEMACHOS IN SPARTA

CHAPTER XXXV

MENELAOS RELATES HIS ADVENTURES

CHAPTER XXXVI

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE SUITORS

CHAPTER XXXVII

TELEMACHOS RETURNS TO ITHACA

CHAPTER XXXVIII

TELEMACHOS AND THE SWINEHERD

CHAPTER XXXIX

TELEMACHOS RECOGNIZES ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER XL

TELEMACHOS RETURNS TO THE PALACE

CHAPTER XLI

ODYSSEUS IS RECOGNIZED BY HIS DOG

CHAPTER XLII

ODYSSEUS COMES, A BEGGAR, TO HIS OWN HOUSE

CHAPTER XLIII

CONVERSATION OF ODYSSEUS AND PENELOPE

CHAPTER XLIV

EURYCLEIA RECOGNIZES ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER XLV

PENELOPE'S DREAM

CHAPTER XLVI

ATHENA ENCOURAGES ODYSSEUS

CHAPTER XLVII

THE LAST BANQUET OF THE SUITORS

CHAPTER XLVIII

ODYSSEUS BENDS THE BOW

CHAPTER XLIX

DEATH OF THE SUITORS

CHAPTER L

EURYCLEIA ANNOUNCES THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS TO PENELOPE

CHAPTER LI

ODYSSEUS VISITS HIS FATHER

VOCABULARY AND NOTES

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

STORIES FROM THE ODYSSEY

Telemachus, Penelope, and the Suitors

I

II

III

The Assembly; The Voyage of Telemachus

I

II

The Visit to Nestor at Pylos

I

II

Telemachus at Sparta

I

II

III

Odysseus and Calypso

I

II

Odysseus among the Phæacians

I

II

III

The Wanderings of Odysseus

I

II

IV

The Visit to Hades

I

II

The Sirens; Scylla and Charybdis; Thrinacia

I

II

III

Odysseus lands in Ithaca

I

II

Odysseus and Eumæus

I

II

The Return of Telemachus

I

II

The Meeting of Telemachus and Odysseus

I

II

III

The Home-coming of Odysseus

I

II

The Beggar Irus

Penelope and the Wooers

I

II

Odysseus and Penelope

The End draws near; Signs and Wonders

The Bow of Odysseus

I

II

The Slaying of the Wooers

I

II

Odysseus and Penelope

I

II

III

Conclusion

I

II

THE ILIAD OF HOMER

RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE. BY

EDWARD EARL OF DERBY.

PREFACE.

ARGUMENT.

THE CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.

BOOK I.

ARGUMENT.

THE TRIAL OF THE ARMY AND CATALOGUE OF THE FORCES.

BOOK II.

ARGUMENT.

THE DUEL OF MENELAUS AND PARIS.

BOOK III.

ARGUMENT.

THE BREACH OF THE TRUCE, AND THE FIRST BATTLE.

BOOK IV.

ARGUMENT.

THE ACTS OF DIOMED.

BOOK V.

ARGUMENT.

THE EPISODES OF GLAUCUS AND DIOMED, AND OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.

BOOK VI.

ARGUMENT.

THE SINGLE COMBAT OF HECTOR AND AJAX.

BOOK VII.

ARGUMENT.

THE SECOND BATTLE, AND THE DISTRESS OF THE GREEKS.

BOOK VIII.

ARGUMENT.

THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.

BOOK IX.

ARGUMENT.

THE NIGHT ADVENTURE OF DIOMED AND ULYSSES.

BOOK X.

ARGUMENT.

THE THIRD BATTLE, AND THE ACTS OF AGAMEMNON.

BOOK XI.

ARGUMENT.

THE BATTLE AT THE GRECIAN WALL.

BOOK XII.

END OF VOLUME I.

VOLUME II.

ARGUMENT.

THE FOURTH BATTLE CONTINUED, IN WHICH NEPTUNE ASSISTS THE GREEKS. THE ACTS OF IDOMENEUS.

BOOK XIII.

ARGUMENT.

JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS.

BOOK XIV.

ARGUMENT.

THE FIFTH BATTLE, AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.

BOOK XV.

ARGUMENT.

THE SIXTH BATTLE; THE ACTS AND DEATH OF PATROCLUS.

BOOK XVI.

ARGUMENT.

THE SEVENTH BATTLE, FOR THE BODY OF PATROCLUS.—THE ACTS OF MENELAUS.

BOOK XVII.

ARGUMENT.

THE GRIEF OF ACHILLES, AND NEW ARMOUR MADE HIM BY VULCAN.

BOOK XVIII.

ARGUMENT

THE RECONCILIATION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON.

BOOK XIX.

ARGUMENT.

THE BATTLE OF THE GODS, AND THE ACTS OF ACHILLES.

BOOK XX.

ARGUMENT.

THE BATTLE IN THE RIVER SCAMANDER.

BOOK XXI.

ARGUMENT.

THE DEATH OF HECTOR.

BOOK XXII.

ARGUMENT.

FUNERAL GAMES IN HONOUR OF PATROCLUS.

BOOK XXIII.

ARGUMENT.

THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR.

BOOK XXIV.

THE ODYSSEY

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

BOOK I

BOOK II

BOOK III

TELEMACHUS VISITS NESTOR AT PYLOS.

BOOK IV

BOOK V

CALYPSO—ULYSSES REACHES SCHERIA ON A RAFT.

BOOK VI

THE MEETING BETWEEN NAUSICAA AND ULYSSES.

BOOK VII

RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS.

BOOK VIII

BANQUET IN THE HOUSE OF ALCINOUS—THE GAMES.

BOOK IX

BOOK X

AEOLUS, THE LAESTRYGONES, CIRCE.

BOOK XI

THE VISIT TO THE DEAD. 88

BOOK XII

THE SIRENS, SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, THE CATTLE OF THE SUN.

BOOK XIII

ULYSSES LEAVES SCHERIA AND RETURNS TO ITHACA.

BOOK XIV

ULYSSES IN THE HUT WITH EUMAEUS.

BOOK XV

BOOK XVI

ULYSSES REVEALS HIMSELF TO TELEMACHUS.

BOOK XVII

BOOK XVIII

BOOK XIX

BOOK XX

BOOK XXI

BOOK XXII

BOOK XXIII

BOOK XXIV

THE ILIAD OF HOMER

BOOK I

BOOK II

BOOK III

BOOK IV

BOOK V

BOOK VI

BOOK VII

BOOK VIII

BOOK IX

BOOK X

BOOK XI

BOOK XII

BOOK XIII

BOOK XIV

BOOK XV

BOOK XVI

BOOK XVII

BOOK XVIII

BOOK XIX

BOOK XX

BOOK XXI

BOOK XXII

BOOK XXIII

BOOK XXIV

First Edition

The Iliad of Homer

Translated by Alexander Pope, with notes by the Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A., F.S.A. and Flaxman's Designs. 1899

INTRODUCTION.

Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for the most part, to shut our ears against conviction; since, from the very gradual character of our education, we must continually forget, and emancipate ourselves from, knowledge previously acquired; we must set aside old notions and embrace fresh ones; and, as we learn, we must be daily unlearning something which it has cost us no small labour and anxiety to acquire.

And this difficulty attaches itself more closely to an age in which progress has gained a strong ascendency over prejudice, and in which persons and things are, day by day, finding their real level, in lieu of their conventional value. The same principles which have swept away traditional abuses, and which are making rapid havoc among the revenues of sinecurists, and stripping the thin, tawdry veil from attractive superstitions, are working as actively in literature as in society. The credulity of one writer, or the partiality of another, finds as powerful a touchstone and as wholesome a chastisement in the healthy scepticism of a temperate class of antagonists, as the dreams of conservatism, or the impostures of pluralist sinecures in the Church. History and tradition, whether of ancient or comparatively recent times, are subjected to very different handling from that which the indulgence or credulity of former ages could allow. Mere statements are jealously watched, and the motives of the writer form as important an ingredient in the analysis of his history, as the facts he records. Probability is a powerful and troublesome test; and it is by this troublesome standard that a large portion of historical evidence is sifted. Consistency is no less pertinacious and exacting in its demands. In brief, to write a history, we must know more than mere facts. Human nature, viewed under an induction of extended experience, is the best help to the criticism of human history. Historical characters can only be estimated by the standard which human experience, whether actual or traditionary, has furnished. To form correct views of individuals we must regard them as forming parts of a great whole—we must measure them by their relation to the mass of beings by whom they are surrounded, and, in contemplating the incidents in their[pg x] lives or condition which tradition has handed down to us, we must rather consider the general bearing of the whole narrative, than the respective probability of its details.