Homer the Iliad
Homer the Iliad
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True, that mother is, as we remember, a goddess — Thetis, daughter of the great Jupiter, and of potent influence in the waters beneath the earth. To her he bemoans himself. That his days were to be few, he knew when he came here to Troy ; but she had promised him undying renown. It has failed him : his " one crowded hour of glorious life " is darkened in dishonour. He cries, and his god- dess-mother hears him — " Beside her aged father where she sat, In the deep ocean-caves. " It is the origina...l of our own Milton's beautiful invoca- tion in Comus — the rough simple outline on which he has painted with a grace and fulness which make it all his own — " Sabrina fair !
Listen, where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair ; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save ! " Thetis hears, and rises on the sea — " like as it were a mist " — (the " White Lady of Avenel ") caresses him soothingly with her hand, as though the stalwart war- rior were still a child indeed, and asks him the simple question which all mothers, goddesses or not, would put into much the same words — " My son, why weep- est thou 1 " He tells his tale of wrong ; and she pro- ceeds to give him, in the first place, advice certainly not wiser than that of some earthly mothers.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
True, that mother is, as we remember, a goddess — Thetis, daughter of the great Jupiter, and of potent influence in the waters beneath the earth. To her he bemoans himself. That his days were to be few, he knew when he came here to Troy ; but she had promised him undying renown. It has failed him : his " one crowded hour of glorious life " is darkened in dishonour. He cries, and his god- dess-mother hears him — " Beside her aged father where she sat, In the deep ocean-caves. " It is the origina...l of our own Milton's beautiful invoca- tion in Comus — the rough simple outline on which he has painted with a grace and fulness which make it all his own — " Sabrina fair !
Listen, where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair ; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save ! " Thetis hears, and rises on the sea — " like as it were a mist " — (the " White Lady of Avenel ") caresses him soothingly with her hand, as though the stalwart war- rior were still a child indeed, and asks him the simple question which all mothers, goddesses or not, would put into much the same words — " My son, why weep- est thou 1 " He tells his tale of wrong ; and she pro- ceeds to give him, in the first place, advice certainly not wiser than that of some earthly mothers.
What to read after Homer the Iliad?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W Lucas William Lucas Collins to read onlineMoreLess
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