translated into English Blank Verse,
First edition, two volumes. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1791
1251 pages. 8.25 x 10.25 inches
First edition copy of William Cowper's lauded translation, a large, wide-margined copy. Spacious and very readable.
Driven by his dissatisfaction with the ornament and sophistication of Pope's translation, Cowper began a six-year struggle to render into lucid English the works of Homer. The result was a translation in blank verse, which held more closely and faithfully to the original Greek than any previously attempted.
Includes "The Battle of the Frogs and Mice," following the conclusion of the Odyssey in Volume II.
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