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Chapman published Seauen Books of the Iliades in 1598, which translated books 1, 2, and 7–11 of the Iliad. These are generally regarded by scholars as being a significant influence on William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (1602). [10] Books 1–12 were published for the first time in 1609, with the other books following in a 1611 edition ...
The Odyssey (/ ˈ ɒ d ɪ s i /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, romanized: Odýsseia) [2] [3] is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest surviving works of literature and remains popular with modern audiences. Like the Iliad, the Odyssey is divided into 24 books.
A painting by the French Neoclassical painter Thomas Degeorge depicting the climactic final scene from Book Twenty-Two of The Odyssey in which Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and Philoetius slaughter the suitors of Penelope. The Odyssey is an account of the adventures of Odysseus, one of the warriors at Troy.
Odysseus and Calypso in the caves of Ogygia. Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625). Ogygia (/ oʊ ˈ dʒ ɪ dʒ i ə /; Ancient Greek: Ὠγυγίη, romanized: Ōgygíē [ɔːɡyɡíɛː], or Ὠγυγία Ōgygíā [ɔːɡyɡíaː]) is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas.
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Keats may have read about Herschel’s discovery in the last chapter [9] of a book he won while at Enfield Academy, [10] an Introduction to Astronomy by Johnny Bonnycastle (published 1807). The author compares reading Homer's poetry through Chapman's translation to discovering a new world through a telescope.