The Iliad

THE ILIAD BOOK I. BOOK II. BOOK III. BOOK IV. BOOK V. BOOK VI. BOOK VII. BOOK VIII. BOOK IX. BOOK...

At this time, continues our narrative, there lived at Smyrna a man named Phemius, a teacher of...

The dogs, instead of eating, kept barking at the stranger, according to their usual habit....

It seems here of chief importance to expect no more than the nature of things makes possible. If...

Half a century ago, the acute and valuable Prolegomena of F. A. Wolf, turning to account the...

Moreover, he continues, the whole tenor of the poems themselves confirms what is here remarked....

Nor is this morbid species of sagacity by any means to be looked upon as a literary novelty. Justus...

This poem, says Coleridge, is a short mock heroic of ancient date. The text varies in different...

This strong and ruling faculty was like a powerful star, which, in the violence of its course, drew...

To throw his language more out of prose, Homer seems to have affected the compound epithets. This...

In all these objections we see nothing that contradicts his title to the honour of the chief...

It only remains to speak of the versification. Homer as has been said is perpetually applying the...

In the war of Troy, the Greeks having sacked some of the neighbouring towns, and taken from thence...

Thus Chryses prayd. the favouring power attends, And from Olympus lofty tops descends. Bent was his...

To this the king. Fly, mighty warrior. fly; Thy aid we need not, and thy threats defy. There want...

Achilles with Patroclus took his way Where near his tents his hollow vessels lay. Meantime Atrides...

Unhappy son. fair Thetis thus replies, While tears celestial trickle from her eyes Why have I borne...

Thus Thetis spoke; but Jove in silence held The sacred counsels of his breast conceald. Not so...

Thus the blest gods the genial day prolong, In feasts ambrosial, and celestial song.75 Apollo tuned...

This hear observant, and the gods obey. The vision spoke, and passd in air away. Now, valiant...

But if a clamorous vile plebeian rose, Him with reproof he checkd or tamed with blows. Be still,...

The monarch spoke; and straight a murmur rose, Loud as the surges when the tempest blows, That...

Euba next her martial sons prepares, And sends the brave Abantes to the wars. Breathing revenge, in...

Ulysses followd through the watery road, A chief, in wisdom equal to a god. With those whom...

The troops Methon or Thaumacia yields, Olizons rocks, or Melibas fields, With Philoctetes saild...

The voice divine the mighty chief alarms; The council breaks, the warriors rush to arms. The gates...

The armies being ready to engage, a single combat is agreed upon between Menelaus and Paris by the...

Me too, ye warriors, hear, whose fatal right A world engages in the toils of fight. To me the...

Antenor took the word, and thus began.115 Myself, O king. have seen that wondrous man When,...

Now round the lists the admiring armies stand, With javelins fixd, the Greek and Trojan band....

The gods deliberate in council concerning the Trojan war. they agree upon the continuation of it,...

He heard, and madly at the motion pleased, His polishd bow with hasty rashness seized. Twas formd...

Thus with new ardour he the brave inspires; Or thus the fearful with reproaches fires. Shame to...

Ulysses heard. the heros warmth oerspread His cheek with blushes. and severe, he said. Take back...

In blooming youth fair Simoisius fell, Sent by great Ajax to the shades of hell; Fair Simoisius,...

The sons of Dares first the combat sought, A wealthy priest, but rich without a fault; In Vulcans...

Hither, ye Trojans, hither drive your steeds. Lo. by our hand the bravest Grecian bleeds, Not long...

Too late, O friend. my rashness I deplore; These shafts, once fatal, carry death no more. Tydeus...

Meanwhile his conquest ravished from his eyes The raging chief in chase of Venus flies. No goddess...

O son of Tydeus, cease. be wise and see How vast the difference of the gods and thee; Distance...

These words he seconds with his flying lance, To meet whose point was strong Deicoons chance. neas...

Thy sire, O prince. oerturnd the Trojan state, Whose perjured monarch well deserved his fate; Those...

Swift at the scourge the ethereal coursers fly, While the smooth chariot cuts the liquid sky....

She said, and to the steeds approaching near, Drew from his seat the martial charioteer. The...

Astyalus by Polyptes fell; Ulysses spear Pidytes sent to hell; By Teucers shaft brave Aretaon bled,...

What art thou, boldest of the race of man. Our eyes till now that aspect neer beheld, Where fame is...

Far hence be Bacchus gifts; the chief rejoind; Inflaming wine, pernicious to mankind, Unnerves the...

But he who found not whom his soul desired, Whose virtue charmd him as her beauty fired, Stood in...

He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms, Restored the pleasing burden to her arms; Soft on her...

What cause, O daughter of Almighty Jove. Thus wings thy progress from the realms above. Once more...

His warm reproofs the listening kings inflame; And nine, the noblest of the Grecian name, Up...

Forbear, my sons. your further force to prove, Both dear to men, and both beloved of Jove. To...

Ye Trojans, Dardans, and auxiliar bands. Now take refreshment as the hour demands; Guard well the...

Jupiter assembles a council of the deities, and threatens them with the pains of Tartarus if they...

O chief. too daring in thy friends defence Retire advised, and urge the chariot hence. This day,...

He said, and twangd the string. The weapon flies At Hectors breast, and sings along the skies. He...

O daughter of that god, whose arm can wield The avenging bolt, and shake the saber shield. No more...

Agamemnon, after the last days defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and return to...

To whom the king. With justice hast thou shown A princes faults, and I with reason own. That happy...

The son of Peleus ceased. the chiefs around In silence wrapt, in consternation drownd, Attend the...

Great king of nations. Ithacus replied Fixd is his wrath, unconquerd is his pride; He slights thy...

To him thus Nestor. Trust the powers above, Nor think proud Hectors hopes confirmd by Jove. How ill...

Then thus the godlike Diomed rejoind My choice declares the impulse of my mind. How can I doubt,...

O friend. I hear some step of hostile feet, Moving this way, or hastening to the fleet; Some spy,...

Great queen of arms, receive this hostile spoil, And let the Thracian steeds reward our toil; Thee,...

Then oer the trench the bounding coursers flew; The joyful Greeks with loud acclaim pursue....

Two sons of Priam next to battle move, The product, one of marriage, one of love.222 In the same...

She said, and vanishd. Hector, with a bound, Springs from his chariot on the trembling ground, In...

Mark how this way yon bending squadrons yield. The storm rolls on, and Hector rules the field. Here...

Then raging with intolerable smart, He writhes his body, and extracts the dart. The dart a tide of...

O first of friends. Pelides thus replied Still at my heart, and ever at my side. The time is come,...

The Greeks having retired into their intrenchments, Hector attempts to force them; but it proving...

With shame repulsed, with grief and fury driven, The frantic Asius thus accuses Heaven. In powers...

So pressd with hunger, from the mountains brow Descends a lion on the flocks below; So stalks the...

This just rebuke inflamed the Lycian crew; They join, they thicken, and the assault renew. Unmoved...

Then with his sceptre, that the deep controls, He touchd the chiefs, and steeld their manly souls....

Meanwhile with rising rage the battle glows, The tumult thickens, and the clamour grows. By Teucers...

In such assays thy blameless worth is known, And every art of dangerous war thy own. By chance of...

Then Idomen, insulting oer the slain. Behold, Deiphobus. nor vaunt in vain. See. on one Greek three...

Thus, Trojans, thus, at length be taught to fear; O race perfidious, who delight in war. Already...

Ill fated Paris. slave to womankind, As smooth of face as fraudulent of mind. Where is Deiphobus,...

Him, in his march, the wounded princes meet, By tardy steps ascending from the fleet. The king of...

He spoke, then rushd amid the warrior crew, And sent his voice before him as he flew, Loud, as the...

Swear then he said by those tremendous floods That roar through hell, and bind the invoking gods....

The troops assent; their martial arms they change. The busy chiefs their banded legions range. The...

Trojans. your great Ilioneus behold. Haste, to his father let the tale be told. Let his high roofs...

To whom the white armd goddess thus replies. Enough thou knowst the tyrant of the skies, Severely...

Attend the mandate of the sire above. In me behold the messenger of Jove. He bids thee from...

Each Ajax, Teucer, Merion gave command, The valiant leader of the Cretan band; And Mars like Meges....

Once more bold Teucer, in his countrys cause, At Hectors breast a chosen arrow draws. And had the...

He said; and backward to the lines retired; Forth rushd the youth with martial fury fired, Beyond...

Haste, bring the flames. that toil of ten long years Is finished; and the day desired appears. This...

O man unpitying. if of man thy race; But sure thou springst not from a soft embrace, Nor ever...

Eudorus next; whom Polymele the gay, Famed in the graceful dance, produced to day. Her, sly...

Then first thy spear, divine Patroclus. flew, Where the war raged, and where the tumult grew. Close...

As when the hand of Jove a tempest forms, And rolls the cloud to blacken heaven with storms, Dark...

Then to the leader of the Lycian band The dying chief addressd his last command; Glaucus, be bold;...

Then brave Laogonus resignd his breath, Despatchd by Merion to the shades of death. On Idas holy...

Meanwhile Patroclus pours along the plains, With foaming coursers, and with loosend reins. Fierce...

A Dardan youth there was, well known to fame, From Panthus sprung, Euphorbus was his name; Famed...

Swift as the word the missile lance he flings; The well aimd weapon on the buckler rings, But...

Say, is it just, my friend, that Hectors ear From such a warrior such a speech should hear. I deemd...

Oilean Ajax first the voice obeyd, Swift was his pace, and ready was his aid. Next him Idomeneus,...

Greece, in close order, and collected might, Yet suffers least, and sways the wavering fight;...

Lo, to my sight, beyond our hope restored, Achilles car, deserted of its lord. The glorious steeds...

Oh prince. he cried Oh foremost once in fame. What Grecian now shall tremble at thy name. Dost thou...

To him the king. Beloved of Jove. draw near, For sadder tidings never touchd thy ear; Thy eyes have...

Far in the deep abysses of the main,251 With hoary Nereus, and the watery train, The mother goddess...

I come, Pelides. from the queen of Jove, The immortal empress of the realms above; Unknown to him...

He spoke, and bade the sad attendants round Cleanse the pale corse, and wash each honourd wound. A...

Then first he formd the immense and solid shield; Rich various artifice emblazed the field; Its...

This done, whateer a warriors use requires He forged; the cuirass that outshone the fires, The...

O king of nations. whose superior sway Returns Achilles all our hosts obey. To keep or send the...

Ah, youth for ever dear, for ever kind, Once tender friend of my distracted mind. I left thee fresh...

Next, his high head the helmet graced; behind The sweepy crest hung floating in the wind. Like the...

Tis true the cloud compelling power replies This day we call the council of the skies In care of...

Behold an action, gods. that claims your care, Lo great neas rushing to the war. Against Pelides he...

The great earth shaker thus. to whom replies The imperial goddess with the radiant eyes. Good as he...

Hector, undaunted, thus. Such words employ To one that dreads thee, some unwarlike boy. Such we...

Thus while he spoke, the Trojan pale with fears Approachd, and sought his knees with suppliant...

O first of mortals. for the gods are thine In valour matchless, and in force divine. If Jove have...

He said; and on the chief descends amain, Increased with gore, and swelling with the slain. Then,...

Hast thou not yet, insatiate fury. known How far Minervas force transcends thy own. Juno, whom thou...

Thus they above. while, swiftly gliding down, Apollo enters Ilions sacred town; The guardian god...

The Trojans being safe within the walls, Hector only stays to oppose Achilles. Priam is struck at...

Where lies my way. to enter in the wall. Honour and shame the ungenerous thought recall. Shall...

Then he. O prince. allied in blood and fame, Dearer than all that own a brothers name; Of all that...

Then Hector, fainting at the approach of death. By thy own soul. by those who gave thee breath. By...

But not as yet the fatal news had spread To fair Andromache, of Hector dead; As yet no messenger...

Gloomy he said, and horrible to view Before the bier the bleeding Hector threw, Prone on the dust....

All hail, Patroclus. let thy vengeful ghost Hear, and exult, on Plutos dreary coast. Behold...

Fired at his word the rival racers rise; But far the first Eumelus hopes the prize, Famed though...

Young Nestor follows who by art, not force, Oerpassd Atrides second in the course. Behind, Atrides...

Wisely and well, my son, thy words have proved A senior honourd, and a friend beloved. Too true it...

The effect succeeds the speech. Pelides cries, Thy artful praise deserves a better prize. Nor...

The gods deliberate about the redemption of Hectors body. Jupiter sends Thetis to Achilles, to...

How long, unhappy. shall thy sorrows flow, And thy heart waste with life consuming woe. Mindless of...

Lo. the sad father, frantic with his pain, Around him furious drives his menial train. In vain each...

The afflicted monarch shiverd with despair; Pale grew his face, and upright stood his hair; Sunk...

He said, then took the chariot at a bound, And snatchd the reins, and whirld the lash around....

To whom the king. O favourd of the skies. Here let me grow to earth. since Hector lies On the bare...

If then thy will permit the monarch said To finish all due honours to the dead, This of thy grace...

So spoke the fair, with sorrow streaming eye. Distressful beauty melts each stander by. On all...

4 Should it not be, since my arrival. asks Mackenzie, observing that poplars can hardly live so...

31 Who, says Cicero, de Orat. iii. 34, was more learned in that age, or whose eloquence is reported...

60 The persons of heralds were held inviolable, and they were at liberty to travel whither they...

75 It is ingeniously observed by Grote, vol i p. 463, that The gods formed a sort of political...

89 According to Pausanias, both the sprig and the remains of the tree were exhibited in his time....

107 Barbarous tongues. Various as were the dialects of the Greeks and these differences existed not...

Thus, when a black browd gust begins to rise, White foam at first on the curld ocean fries; Then...