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The Odyssey of Homer /

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Main Author: Homer
Corporate Authors: Bye and Law (Printer), Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress), National Art Library (Great Britain). Dyce Collection, University of St. Andrews. Library. Copyright Deposit Collection
Other Authors: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 (Translator), Broome, William, 1689-1745 (Translator), Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730 (Translator), Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718 (Translator), Wakefield, Gilbert, 1756-1801 (Editor), Le Bossu, René, 1631-1680
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by Bye and Law, for T. Longman, B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson, W. Otridge and Son, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, G. Nichol, F. and C. Rivington, Leigh and Sotheby, T. Payne, J. Walker, J. Clarke and Son, R. Faulder, Hookham and Carpenter, J. Scatcherd, B. and J. White, J. Edwards, Cadell and Davies, C. and G. Kearsley, and M. Pote, MDCCXCVI. [1796]
Edition:A new edition /
Subjects:
Homer. > Odyssey > Translations into English > Early works to 1800.
Odysseus, > King of Ithaca (Mythological character) > Poetry > Early works to 1800.
Epic poetry, Greek > Translations into English > Early works to 1800.
annotations.
poems.
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Description
Item Description:Translated by Alexander Pope, with the assistance of Elijah Fenton and William Broome.
Includes "A general view of the epick poem, and of the Iliad and Odyssey, extracted from Bossu" (volume 1, pages [i]-xliii) and "Homer's Battle of the frogs and mice / by Archdeacon Parnell ; corrected by Mr. Pope" (volume 5, pages [1]-28 at end).
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Includes index.
Physical Description:5 volumes ([4], xcvii, [1], 269, [1] pages; [11], 8-301, [1] pages; [11], 8-336 pages; [11], 8-284 pages; [9], 6-288, [20], 28 pages) ; 23 cm
Also available online and on microfilm.
Place of Publication:England -- London.