D R . W . GORD ON M CCABE T HIS BOO K G R AT EFULLY INS C R I B E D P F R E A C E . Tm s edi tion of th e Seven t h B ook of th e Odyssey i s inten ded to meet th e wan ts of pupils j ust begin ning r t o r ead Home . Th e notes have been compiled with a vi ew t o ren der in th e st u of Homer a leasu re and a con scient ious g dy p , effort has been made to explain all passages likely to m r v r esent an ifficult . oint s of r a ma sa e suc p y d y P g , h iffer from tti us e are s arin l n oticed w ile as d A c ag , p g y , h full in formation has been aimed at u pon all matt er s t ouc in arc aeolo m t olo an d liter ature . aral h g h gy , y h gy , P lel passages fr om Homer and other authors are freely cit ed in th e belief that t hey will en able t h e y oun ger u nt t o become et er a u in t e wi Homer n d st de b t cq a d th , a bett er able t o appreci at e the lit erary beauties of the work. The vocabulary has been prepared from a car eful ea in of he t ext an d will ser ve as on or an ce r d g t , a c c d n i er l n i n h ee i to this book . Co s d ab e att e t o as b n pa d t o etymology an d wor d- gr ou pin g as the sur est mean s of n i n kn The developi g a r ead g owledge of a language . f r of wor r e iven as t e o cur i n Att ic Greek o ms ds a g h y c , vi P R EF A CE . the Homeric peculiarities bein g added in bracket s or ‘ ex lain e in t he not es an d in most in st ances onl t p d , y hos e H ri f rms are iven t at occur in the t ext I n ome c o g h . t his r espect th e vocabulary differs from most Homer i c v l r ies and it i s o e t at t h e u il will bl ocabu a , h p d h p p be a e by this mean s t o keep t he Att i c forms fir mly in memory an d at the same t ime t o read his Homer wit h t olerable ease. The t ext is t at of D indorf revise b Hentz an d h , d y e, no chan ges have been made except in th e case of a w u i n fe marks of punct at o . Con st ant use h as been made of th e edit ion s of Homer b Ameis- Hent ze and b Faesi of the Ph aiakian s of y y , m ’ Homer b M err ia n d of M er r s O sse . Profes y , a y dy y ’ sor Palmer s t r an slat ion of th e Ody ssey h as suppli ed man a t ren er i n s in bot not es an d vocab r y p d g h ula y . The few cut s that appear in t he n ot es have been t aken ’ fr om Gu l a d Kon er s Life of t he Greeks and R oman s h n , ’ and from R ich s D iction ary of R oman and Gr eek A n t i u i ie q t s . r l w h en i nks ar due t M . et o t e er r Tha e o T , g al ed t o f he eri s for man valuable su estion s an d cor r eo o t s e , y gg tion s . CHA R LE W A I S . B N . LE E OL I C . L C S . S . C . O G B A C , UM , 1 . o D ec. 8, 898 I N T R OD U C T I O N . THE n ame of Homer i s per haps the greatest in lit er a ure The a s si n e for hi s birt var from t . d te as g d h y h Her t 4 . d e was la e b odo os 1 1 04 B . C . t o 8 B . C an c 6 , p d y abou t 400 ear s befor e hi s own time t at i s about the y , h , middl e of t he n in t h cent ury The place of his birth is a lit le er tai n as t he t ime as i s s own b th e f l s t c , h y o lowin g epigram ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ' v 1r r 1 0 dc l ovaw r e l l a O .7 ov E d. m: ep g p fig y §p ' ” ” 6 o k wv Z k lv Io ‘ A ZMpva , P ¢S s, Ko w , a au , s, Ap yos, wfu l . He is owever erh a s best con n ecte wit Sm r n a. , h , p p d h y The t radit ion t hat h e was blin d arose fr om his su p e aut ors i of the H mn t o A ollo of D elos t he pos d h h p y p , u f w i k f imself bein blin Hi s a thor o h ch spea s o h as g d . rav i laime b 1 0 on e f the cla es an d ios g e s c d y 8 , o Cy d , Ch h n was t e ome of the Homeri ae So s of Homer . h d , I n an cient times it was believe t at t h e t wo oems d h p , the Ilia and t h e O sse were b ifferent aut ors an d d dy y , y d h , those holdin g t his view were called Chorizon t es (from ’ r a r i rn r w z w to se a te or S e a at st s . M o e sc ola s x p t , p ), p d h ave one st ill fart er an d t h e ver exi t en of H mer h g h , y s ce o h The fir n r n o n e t e as been deni ed. st a d g eatest ame c n c d vi i s of F . olf n l wit t i s ew t at . A W r f sor i Ha le h h h , P o es , viii I N TR OD UGTI ON . who in 1 795 ublis e h i s famou s rol omen a ad , , p h d P eg Homerum in w ich h e et for h f ivi , h s th t e view o d ded aut or s i an d con t en e t at t h e r esen t u n it of h e h h p, d d h p y t poems was th e work of scholar s at t h e cou rt of P eisi st r a t os in t he sixt cen t ur t er L man n believe , h y La , ach d he had iscovered sixt een ori i n al la s w en ce th e oem d g y , h p of the Ilia was cast in t o it s r esent for m t h e la s form d p , y r w i ing a nucleus ou n d h ch th e whole was developed . Th e iscussion still con tin u es an d reat n ames ave d , g h been ranged On eit her side ; but th e t en dency of modern crit icism and in vestigation is i n favor of a n at u ral an d or an i evelo men for b oems a t eor w ic g c d p t ot h p , h y h h r o was proposed for t he Ody ssey by Ki chh ff in 1 859. However much scholars may differ as t o th e origin of t h e oems t e all a r ee i n a mi r in t h el r won er fu l p , h y g d g d beaut com act ness and ower of in s irat ion w ic y , p , p p , h h coul elicit from K at s wh o knew t em onl t rou d e , h y h gh a t ranslation t h e followi n lin es , g Th en felt I like some wat ch er of th e skies Wh en a n ew plan et swims in to hi s ken ; Or like stout Cortez wh en with eagle eyes H t h a ifi n ll h is men e stared a t e P c c, a d a Looked at each oth er with a mild surmise il k i D r i n S en t upon a pea n a e .