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The Iliad of Homer / Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper

Homer

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 615 pages

The Iliad of Homer, in William Cowper's blank-verse translation, is a Greek epic poem about the Trojan War. It follows the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon, the fighting before Troy, and the interventions of the gods, weaving together honor, wrath, and fate. It is worth hearing for its vivid characters and stately verse, which bring the ancient world to life.

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22382 (With 800 linked footnotes, No illustrations)
16452 (In blank verse, Many footnotes.)
2199
(No footnotes or illustrations)
6130
(Many line drawings, and 300 footnotes)
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THE
ILIAD OF HOMER,
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE
BY WILLIAM COWPER.
EDITED BY ROBERT SOUTHEY. LL.D.
WITH NOTES,
BY M.A. DWIGHT,
AUTHOR OF “GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.”
NEW-YORK:
D. APPLETON & CO., 346 & 348 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.LX.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849,

BΏ M.A. DWIGHT,

in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of

New York.

TO THE

RIGHT HONORABLE

EARL COWPER,

THIS

TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD,

THE INSCRIPTION OF WHICH TO HIMSELF,

THE LATE LAMENTED EARL,

BENEVOLENT TO ALL,

AND ESPECIALLY KIND TO THE AUTHOR,

HAD NOT DISDAINED TO ACCEPT

IS HUMBLY OFFERED,

AS A SMALL BUT GRATEFUL TRIBUTE,

TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER,

BY HIS LORDSHIP’S

AFFECTIONATE KINSMAN AND SERVANT

WILLIAM COWPER.

June 4, 1791.

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Contents

  1. There are several editions of this ebook in the Project Gutenberg collection. Various characteristics of each ebook are
  2. THE
  3. ILIAD OF HOMER,
  4. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE BY WILLIAM COWPER.
  5. PREFACE.
  6. PREFACE
  7. PREFACE
  8. ADVERTISEMENT TO SOUTHEY’S EDITION
  9. EDITOR’S NOTE.
  10. CONTENTS.
  11. THE ILIAD OF HOMER,
  12. BOOK I.
  13. BOOK II.
  14. BOOK III.
  15. BOOK IV.
  16. BOOK V.
  17. BOOK VI.
  18. BOOK VII.
  19. BOOK VIII.
  20. BOOK IX.
  21. BOOK X.
  22. BOOK XI.
  23. BOOK XII.
  24. BOOK XIII.
  25. BOOK XIV.
  26. BOOK XV.
  27. BOOK XVI.
  28. BOOK XVII.
  29. BOOK XVIII.
  30. BOOK XIX.

and 7 more chapters

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