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The Iliad of Homer / Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper

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The epic narrates events during a protracted war, centering on a warrior's enraged withdrawal from combat after a quarrel with his commander and the ripple effects across both armies. It traces battlefield campaigns, divine interventions, the grieving and vengeance that follow the death of a beloved companion, and the warrior's return to rescue honor, culminating in the clash with a leading defender of the besieged city and subsequent funeral rites. Recurring themes include honor, mortality, fate, the human cost of glory, and the interplay of gods and mortals, presented through vivid battle scenes, speeches, and extended poetic similes.

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Title: The Iliad of Homer

Author: Homer

Annotator: M. A. Dwight

Editor: Robert Southey

Translator: William Cowper

Release date: August 5, 2005 [eBook #16452]
Most recently updated: September 4, 2021

Language: English

Original publication: New York, D. Appleton & Co., 346 & 348 Broadway,, 1860

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THE

ILIAD OF HOMER,

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE
BY WILLIAM COWPER.

EDITED BY ROBERT SOUTHEY. LL.D.


WITH NOTES,
BY M.A. DWIGHT,
AUTHOR OF “GRECIAN AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY.”


NEW-YORK:
D. APPLETON & CO., 346 & 348 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.LX.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849,
By M.A. DWIGHT,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.


TO THE
RIGHT HONORABLE
EARL COWPER,
THIS
TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD,
THE INSCRIPTION OF WHICH TO HIMSELF,
THE LATE LAMENTED EARL,
BENEVOLENT TO ALL,
AND ESPECIALLY KIND TO THE AUTHOR,
HAD NOT DISDAINED TO ACCEPT
IS HUMBLY OFFERED,
AS A SMALL BUT GRATEFUL TRIBUTE,
TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER,
BY HIS LORDSHIP’S
AFFECTIONATE KINSMAN AND SERVANT

WILLIAM COWPER.

June 4, 1791.