The Odyssey of Homer, Books I. XII
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Excerpt from The Odyssey of Homer, Books I. XII: The Text, and an English Version in Rhythmic Prose The Odyssey is the epitome of a civilization, and has as many aspects as it has translators. Hobbes commended it to his readers as a series of lessons in morals; to Worsley it was the world´s great fairy-tale; to Butcher and Lang it is an archaic "historical document." Others have found in it a philological interest, a mythological, a grammatical. However broad-minded the student may be, his sympathies are sure to reach a limit somewhere short of the compass of Homer. It is well, therefore, that each translator should distinctly state why the poem has attracted him, so that his readers may better understand what elements may, under his treatment, have been forced into undue prominence. That which I enjoy most in Homer is his peculiar psychology, his unique ethical attitude; notwithstanding his extraordinary powers of observation and of utterance, he seems to me to confront the world like a child. I turn to him, and escape from our complicated and introspective world, and am refreshed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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