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Contents
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 •NOTES •EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY
THE ODYSSEY
OF HOMER
Translated by
WILLIAM
COWPER
LONDON: PUBLISHED
by J·M·DENT·&·SONS·LTD
AND IN NEW YORK
BY E·P·DUTTON & CO
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
COUNTESS DOWAGER SPENCER
THE FOLLOWING TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY, A POEM
THAT EXHIBITS IN THE CHARACTER OF ITS HEROINE
AN EXAMPLE OF ALL DOMESTIC VIRTUE, IS WITH
EQUAL PROPRIETY AND RESPECT INSCRIBED
BY HER LADYSHIP’S MOST DEVOTED
SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.
THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
TRANSLATED INTO
ENGLISH BLANK VERSE
BOOK I
ARGUMENT
In a council of the Gods, Minerva calls their attention to Ulysses, stilla wanderer. They resolve to grant him a safe return to Ithaca. Minervadescends to encourage Telemachus, and in the form of Mentes directs himin what manner to proceed. Throughout this book the extravagance andprofligacy of the suitors are occasionally suggested.
And genius versatile, who far and wide
A Wand’rer, after Ilium overthrown,
Discover’d various cities