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The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope
by Homer Translated by Alexander Pope With Notes by Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley M.A. F.S.A. Illustrated by Flaxman's Designs 1899 Contents Summary Introduction. Pope's…Meleager
(Encyclopedia) MeleagerMeleagermĕlēāˈjər [key], hero in Greek mythology. He was the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea. When Meleager was born, a prophecy said that he would die when a…Lycia
(Encyclopedia) LyciaLycialĭshˈə [key], ancient country, SW Asia Minor. Egyptian sources ally the Lycians to the Hittites at the time of Ramses II; the Lycians spoke an Anatolian language. Lycia was…Cimmerians
(Encyclopedia) CimmeriansCimmerianssĭmērˈeənz [key], ancient people of S Russia of whom little is actually known. They are mentioned in Homer, but they emerge into history only in the 8th cent. b.c.…Hephaestus
(Encyclopedia) HephaestusHephaestushĕfĕsˈtəs [key], in Greek religion and mythology, Olympian god. According to Homer he was the son of Hera and Zeus, but Hesiod states that he was conceived and…Penelope
(Encyclopedia) PenelopePenelopepənĕlˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology, wife of Odysseus and the mother of Telemachus. In Homer's Odyssey she is pictured as a chaste and faithful wife. When Odysseus was…Argos, city, ancient Greece
(Encyclopedia) ArgosArgosärˈgŏs, –gəs [key], city of ancient Greece, in NE Peloponnesus, 3 mi (4.8 km) inland from the Gulf of Argos, near the modern Nauplia. It was occupied from the early Bronze…Footnotes - The Odyssey
Footnotes Black races are evidently known to the writer as stretching all across Africa, one half looking West on to the Atlantic, and the other East on to the Indian Ocean. The original…The Iliad of Homer: How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy; and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon and the Achaians
Book 2 How Agamemnon and Achilles fell out at the siege of Troy; and Achilles withdrew himself from battle, and won from Zeus a pledge that his wrong should be avenged on Agamemnon…The Iliad of Homer: How Diomedes and Odysseus slew Dolon, a spy of the Trojans, and themselves spied on the Trojan camp, and took the horses of Rhesos, the Thracian king
Book 9 Book 11 How Diomedes and Odysseus slew Dolon, a spy of the Trojans, and themselves spied on the Trojan camp, and took the horses of Rhesos, the Thracian king. Now beside…Trending
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