The kind reception which my translation of the Iliad has met with from my countrymen has encouraged me to attempt a translation of the Odyssey in the same form of verse. I have found this a not unplea...

Tell me, O Muse, of that sagacious man Who, having overthrown the sacred town Of Ilium, wandered far and visited The capitals of many nations, learned The customs of their dwellers, and endured Great ...

Now when the Morning, child of Dawn, appeared, The dear son of Ulysses left his bed And put his garments on. His trenchant sword He hung upon his shoulders, and made fast His shapely sandals to his sh...

Now from the fair broad bosom of the sea Into the brazen vault of heaven the sun Rose shining for the immortals and for men Upon the foodful earth. The voyagers Arrived at Pylos, nobly built, the town...

They came to Lacedaemon’s valley, seamed With dells, and to the palace of its king, The glorious Menelaus, whom they found Within, and at a wedding banquet, made Both for his blameless daughter and hi...

Aurora, rising from her couch beside The famed Tithonus, brought the light of day To men and to immortals. Then the gods Came to their seats in council. With them came High-thundering Jupiter, amongst...

Thus overcome with toil and weariness, The noble sufferer Ulysses slept, While Pallas hastened to the realm and town Peopled by the Phaeacians, who of yore Abode in spacious Hypereia, near The insolen...

So prayed Ulysses the great sufferer. The strong mules bore the damsel toward the town, And when she reached her father’s stately halls She stopped beneath the porch. Her brothers came Around her, lik...

When Morn appeared, the rosy-fingered child Of Dawn, Alcinoüs, mighty and revered, Rose from his bed. Ulysses, noble chief, Spoiler of cities, also left his couch. Alcinoüs, mighty and revered, went f...

Ulysses, the sagacious, answered thus:⁠— “O King Alcinoüs, most renowned of men! A pleasant thing it is to hear a bard Like this, endowed with such a voice, so like The voices of the gods. Nor can I d...

“We reached the Aeolian isle, where Aeolus, Dear to the gods, a son of Hippotas, Made his abode. It was a floating isle; A wall of brass enclosed it, and smooth rocks Edged it around. Twelve children ...

“Now, when we reached our galley by the shore, We drew it first into the mighty deep, And set the mast and sails, and led on board The sheep, and sorrowfully and in tears Embarked ourselves. The fair-...

“Now when our barque had left Océanus And entered the great deep, we reached the isle Aeaea, where the Morning, child of Dawn, Abides, and holds her dances, and the Sun Goes up from earth. We landed t...

He spake, and all within those shadowy halls Were silent; all were held in mute delight. Alcinoüs then took up the word and said:⁠— “Since thou hast come, Ulysses, as a guest, To this high pile and to...

Then from the haven up the rugged path Ulysses went among the woody heights. He sought the spot where Pallas bade him meet The noble swineherd, who of all that served The great Ulysses chiefly had in ...

Then Pallas, hastening to the mighty realm Of Lacedaemon, sought the illustrious son Of great Ulysses, to remind the youth Of home, and bid him think of his return. She found Telemachus and Nestor’s s...

Meantime Ulysses and that noble hind The swineherd, in the lodge, at early dawn, Lighted a fire, prepared a meal, and sent The herdsmen forth to drive the swine afield. The dogs, so apt to bark, came ...

Now when the rosy-fingered Morn looked forth⁠— The daughter of the Dawn⁠—Telemachus, The dear son of the great Ulysses, bound The shapely sandals underneath his feet, And took the massive spear that f...

There came a common beggar, wont to ask Alms through the town of Ithaca, well known For greediness of stomach, gluttonous And a wine-bibber, but of little strength And courage, though he seemed of pow...

Now was the godlike chief Ulysses left In his own palace, planning, with the aid Of Pallas, to destroy the suitor-train, And thus bespake his son with winged words:⁠— “Now is the time, Telemachus, to ...

The noble chief, Ulysses, in the porch Lay down to rest. An undressed bullock’s hide Was under him, and over that the skins Of sheep, which for the daily sacrifice The Achaians slew. Eurynomè had spre...

Pallas, the goddess of the azure eyes, Woke in the mind of sage Penelope, The daughter of Icarius, this design⁠— To put into the suitors’ hands the bow And gray steel rings, and to propose a game That...

Then did Ulysses cast his rags aside, And, leaping to the threshold, took his stand On its broad space, with bow and quiver filled With arrows. At his feet the hero poured The winged shafts, and to th...

Up to the royal bower the matron went With an exulting heart, to tell the queen That her beloved husband was within. With knees that faltered not, and quick light step She went, and, standing by her m...

Cyllenian Hermes summoned forth the souls Of the slain suitors. In his hand he bore The beautiful golden wand, with which at will He shuts the eyes of men, or opens them From sleep. With this he guide...