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The Iliad by Homer 1899 |
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Iliad by Homer
1899
About the
Author:
Homer
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We have now passed
through the Iliad, and
seen the anger of
Achilles, and
the terrible effects of
it, at an end, as that
only was the subject of
the
poem, and the nature of
epic poetry would not
permit our author to
proceed
to the event of the war,
it perhaps may be
acceptable to the common
reader
to give a short account
of what happened to Troy
and the chief actors in
this poem after the
conclusion of it.
I need not mention that
Troy was taken soon
after the death of
Hector by
the stratagem of the
wooden horse, the
particulars of which are
described
by Virgil in the second
book of the Æneid.
Achilles fell before
Troy, by the hand of
Paris, by the shot of an
arrow
in his heel, as Hector
had prophesied at his
death, lib. xxii.
The unfortunate Priam
was killed by Pyrrhus,
the son of Achilles.
Ajax, after the death of
Achilles, had a contest
with Ulysses for the
armour of Vulcan, but
being defeated in his
aim, he slew himself
through
indignation.
Helen, after the death
of Paris, married
Deiphobus his brother,
and at the
taking of Troy betrayed
him, in order to
reconcile herself to
Menelaus her
first husband, who
received her again into
favour.
Agamemnon at his return
was barbarously murdered
by Ægysthus, at the
instigation of
Clytemnestra his wife,
who in his absence had
dishonoured
his bed with Ægysthus.
Diomed, after the fall
of Troy, was expelled
his own country, and
scarce
escaped with his life
from his adulterous wife
Ægiale; but at last was
received by Daunus in
Apulia, and shared his
kingdom; it is uncertain
how
he died.
Nestor lived in peace
with his children, in
Pylos, his native
country.
Ulysses also, after
innumerable troubles by
sea and land, at last
returned
in safety to Ithaca,
which is the subject of
Homer's Odyssey.
For what remains, I beg
to be excused from the
ceremonies of taking
leave
at the end of my work,
and from embarrassing
myself, or others, with
any
defences or apologies
about it. But instead of
endeavouring to raise a
vain monument to myself,
of the merits or
difficulties of it
(which must
be left to the world, to
truth, and to
posterity), let me leave
behind me
a memorial of my
friendship with one of
the most valuable of
men, as well
as finest writers, of my
age and country, one who
has tried, and knows by
his own experience, how
hard an undertaking it
is to do justice to
Homer,
and one whom (I am sure)
sincerely rejoices with
me at the period of my
labours. To him,
therefore, having
brought this long work
to a conclusion,
I desire to dedicate it,
and to have the honour
and satisfaction of
placing together, in
this manner, the names
of Mr. CONGREVE, and of
March 25, 1720
A. POPE
Ton theon de eupoiia--to
mae epi pleon me
procophai en poiaetikn
kai allois
epitaeoeimasi en ois
isos a kateschethaen, ei
aesthomaen emautan
euodos
proionta.
M. AUREL ANTON de
Seipso, lib. i. Section
17.
END OF THE ILLIAD |
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