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The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems — Homer

The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems

Homer

  • Poetry
  • Book language: English
  • 617 pages

This is George Chapman's verse translation of Homer's Odyssey, accompanied by the shorter Homeric poems. It follows Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and includes hymns to the gods and the mock-heroic Battle of Frogs and Mice. Listen for its vivid epic storytelling and Chapman's distinctive Elizabethan voice.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. The Odysseys of Homer
  2. Translated according to the Greek by George Chapman
  3. Contents
  4. CHAPMAN’S INTRODUCTION.
  5. CERTAIN ANCIENT GREEK EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED
  6. THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  7. THE SECOND BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  8. THE THIRD BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  9. THE FOURTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  10. THE FIFTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  11. THE SIXTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  12. THE SEVENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  13. THE EIGHTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  14. THE NINTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  15. THE TENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  16. THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  17. THE TWELFTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  18. THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  19. THE FOURTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  20. THE FIFTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  21. THE SIXTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  22. THE SEVENTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  23. THE EIGHTEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  24. THE NINETEENTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  25. THE TWENTIETH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  26. THE TWENTY-FIRST BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  27. THE TWENTY-SECOND BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  28. THE TWENTY-THIRD BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  29. THE TWENTY-FOURTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS
  30. THE BATRACHOMYOMACHIA

and 3 more chapters

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