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... verse . When a Latin literature began to be produced it was entirely based on Greek models . The Greek plays were translated into Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this ...
... verse . When a Latin literature began to be produced it was entirely based on Greek models . The Greek plays were translated into Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this ...
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... still beautiful legend , which shows us many cities contending for the honour of being his birthplace . For these poems can be read in verse translations — with joy to the reader - for the story , and to become 36 The Outline of Literature.
... still beautiful legend , which shows us many cities contending for the honour of being his birthplace . For these poems can be read in verse translations — with joy to the reader - for the story , and to become 36 The Outline of Literature.
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... verse or prose , has yet suc- ceeded in keeping all these four qualities throughout . Prose translations , however faithful and well - written , can- not possibly give a just impression of the poetical beauty and grandeur of the Homeric ...
... verse or prose , has yet suc- ceeded in keeping all these four qualities throughout . Prose translations , however faithful and well - written , can- not possibly give a just impression of the poetical beauty and grandeur of the Homeric ...
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... verse could hope to make a nobler version of the Iliad than Lord Derby's , and to come nearer ( yet still how far away ! ) to achieving the miracle of pouring the old wine of Homer's poetry into new metrical bottles . A very interesting ...
... verse could hope to make a nobler version of the Iliad than Lord Derby's , and to come nearer ( yet still how far away ! ) to achieving the miracle of pouring the old wine of Homer's poetry into new metrical bottles . A very interesting ...
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... Verse , by A. S. Way ( 2 vols . ) VOL . 1-5 The Odyssey in English Verse , by A. S. Way Homer 65.
... Verse , by A. S. Way ( 2 vols . ) VOL . 1-5 The Odyssey in English Verse , by A. S. Way Homer 65.
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