...Greek authors, as Mr. Pope, in his translation of the Odyssey, bk. i. 1. 275., to the passage — " To prove a genuine birth, the prince replies, On female truth assenting faith relies " — appends the following note : "There is an appearance of something very' shocking in this speech...

...the same his years. Such was that face, on which I dwelt with joy Ere Greece assembled stemm'd the bless'd With humble affluence, and domestic rest ! Happier than I, to future empire born, But doom'da...

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...the same his years. Such was that face, on which I dwelt with joy Ere Greece assembled stemmed the tides to Troy ; But, parting then for that detested shore, Our eyes, unhappy ! never greeted more." 275 " To prove a genuine birth (the prince replies) On female truth assenting faith relies : Thus manifest...

...the same his years. Such was that face, on which I dwelt with joy Ere Greece assembled stemm'd the tides to Troy ; But, parting then for that detested...toss the great ! Happier the son, whose hoary sire is bless'd With humble affluence, and domestic rest ! Happier than I, to future empire born, But doom'da...

...of The Odyssey (Hartford, CT: Silas Andrus and Son, 1849), Odysseus states the problem straight out: "To prove a genuine birth, the prince replies/ On...relies;/ Thus manifest of right, I build my claim/ Sure founded on a fair maternal fame./ Ulysses' son" (1.275-79). In other words, man can only know...