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Adventures of Ulysses

 
dc.contributor McCleery, Alistair, 1954- Department of PMPC Napier Polytechnic Edinburgh
dc.contributor.author Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
dc.coverage.placeName London
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2019-07-04T09:52:53Z
dc.date.available 2019-07-04T09:52:53Z
dc.date.created 1808
dc.date.issued 1988-01-01
dc.identifier ota:1206
dc.identifier.citation http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/1206
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/1206
dc.description.abstract Adapted from Homer. -- Odyssey. -- Chapman, George, 1559-1634, trans.
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dc.language English
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.rights.label PUB
dc.subject.lcsh Epic poetry, Greek -- B.C.
dc.subject.other Poems
dc.title Adventures of Ulysses
dc.type Text
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files.size 190844
files.count 2
otaterms.date.range 1800-1899

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THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES Chapter THE CICONS--THE FRUIT OF THE LOTOS-TREE--POLYPHEMUS AND THE CYCLOPS--THE KINGDOM OF THE WINDs, AND GOD AEOLUS' FATAL PRESENT -- THE LAESTRYGONIAN MAN-EATERS. THIS history tells of the wanderings of Ulysses and his followers in their return from Troy, after the destruction of that famous city of Asia by the Grecians. He was inflamed with a desire of seeing again, after a ten years' absence, his wife and native country Ithaca. He was king of a barren spot, and a poor country, in comparison of the fruitful plains of Asia which he was leaving, or the wealthy kingdoms which he touched upon in his return : yet wherever he came, he could never see a soil which appeared in his eyes half so sweet or desirable as his country earth. This made him refuse the offers of the goddess Calypso to stay with her, and partake of her immortality, in the delightful island ; and this gave him strength to break from the enchantm . . .

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