"The Reader may be pleas'd to observe, that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy, and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily."
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744), Broome, W. and Fenton, E.
Place of Publication
London
Date
1725-6
Metaphor
"The Reader may be pleas'd to observe, that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy, and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily."
Metaphor in Context
While, with my single ship, adventurous I]
The Reader may be pleas'd to observe, that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy, and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily: he refreshes the mind of the Reader with a pleasing and beautiful scene, before he enters upon a story of so much horror, as this of the Cyclops .
A very sufficient reason may be assign'd, why Ulysses here goes in person to search this land: He dares not, as Eustathius remarks, trust his companions; their disobedience among the Ciconians , and their unworthy conduct among the Lotophagi , have convinc'd him that no confidence is to be repos'd in them: This seems probable, and upon this probability Homer proceeds to bring about the punishment of Polypheme , which the wisdom of Ulysses effects, and it is an action of importance, and consequently ought to be perform'd by the Heroe of the Poem.
(Bk. IX)
The Reader may be pleas'd to observe, that the Poet has here given the reins to his fancy, and run out into a luxuriant description of Ægusa and Sicily: he refreshes the mind of the Reader with a pleasing and beautiful scene, before he enters upon a story of so much horror, as this of the Cyclops .
A very sufficient reason may be assign'd, why Ulysses here goes in person to search this land: He dares not, as Eustathius remarks, trust his companions; their disobedience among the Ciconians , and their unworthy conduct among the Lotophagi , have convinc'd him that no confidence is to be repos'd in them: This seems probable, and upon this probability Homer proceeds to bring about the punishment of Polypheme , which the wisdom of Ulysses effects, and it is an action of importance, and consequently ought to be perform'd by the Heroe of the Poem.
(Bk. IX)
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Citation
Over 30 entries in ESTC (1725, 1726, 1745, 1752, 1753, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763, 1766, 1767, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1773, 1778, 1790, 1792, 1795, 1796).
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).
The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek, 5 vols. (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26).
Date of Entry
10/26/2003
