The Iliad & The Odyssey
Homer
(Author)
Samuel Butler
(Translator)
Description
"Sons of Atreus," he cried, "and all other Achaeans, may the gods who dwell in Olympus grant you to sack the city of Priam, and to reach your homes in safety; but free my daughter, and accept a ransom for her, in reverence to Apollo, son of Jove." On this the rest of the Achaeans with one voice were for respecting the priest and taking the ransom that he offered; but not so Agamemnon, who spoke fiercely to him and sent him roughly away. "Old man," said he, "let me not find you tarrying about our ships, nor yet coming hereafter. Your sceptre of the god and your wreath shall profit you nothing. I will not free her. She shall grow old in my house at Argos far from her own home, busying herself with her loom and visiting my couch; so go, and do not provoke me or it shall be the worse for you." The old man feared him and obeyed. Not a word he spoke, but went by the shore of the sounding sea and prayed apart to King Apollo whom lovely Leto had borne. "Hear me," he cried, "O god of the silver bow, that protectest Chryse and holy Cilla and rulest Tenedos with thy might, hear me oh thou of Sminthe;Product Details
Price
$23.89
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publish Date
October 09, 2017
Pages
628
Dimensions
5.98 X 9.02 X 1.27 inches | 1.82 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781973859048
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About the Author
Best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer was an ancient Greek philosopher and teacher. Regarded as the first, and best, of the epic poets, he is attributed with writing the first known literature of Europe. Scholars do not know his definite birth and death dates, but some speculate his writings go as far back as 850 BCE or later.
Samuel Butler was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works, including the Utopian satire Erewhon and the posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, his two best-known works. Butler also made prose translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey which remain in use to this day.