Book Ii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK II. NOW when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Telemachus rose and dressed himself. He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal...
Book Xix : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XIX. ULYSSES was left in the cloister, pondering on the means whereby with Minerva's help he might be able to kill the suitors. Presently he said to Telemachus, "Telemachus, we must get the armour together and take it down...
Book Xviii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XVIII. NOW there came a certain common tramp who used to go begging all over the city of Ithaca, and was notorious as an incorrigible glutton and drunkard. This man had no strength nor stay in him, but he was a great hulking...
Book Iv : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK IV. THEY reached the low lying city of Lacedaemon them where they drove straight to the of abode Menelaus [and found him in his own house, feasting with his many clansmen in honour of the wedding of his son, and also of his...
Book Xxiii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XXIII. EURYCLEA now went upstairs laughing to tell her mistress that her dear husband had come home. Her aged knees became young again and her feet were nimble for joy as she went up to her mistress and bent over her head...
Book Ix : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK IX. AND ULYSSES answered, "King Alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a bard with such a divine voice as this man has. There is nothing better or more delightful than when a whole people make merry together, with the guests...
Book Xiv : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XIV. ULYSSES now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the wooded country and over the crest of the mountain till he reached the place where Minerva had said that he would find the swineherd, who was the most...
Title Page : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER TRANSLATED BY SAMUEL BUTLER [1900] Formatted , April 2002, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
Book I : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK I. TELL ME, O MUSE, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he...
Book Xvii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XVII. WHEN the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Telemachus bound on his sandals and took a strong spear that suited his hands, for he wanted to go into the city. "Old friend," said he to the swineherd, "I will now...
Book Viii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK VIII. NOW when the child of morning, rosy-fingered Dawn, appeared, Alcinous and Ulysses both rose, and Alcinous led the way to the Phaecian place of assembly, which was near the ships. When they got there they sat down side by...
Book Xxii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XXII. THEN Ulysses tore off his rags, and sprang on to the broad pavement with his bow and his quiver full of arrows. He shed the arrows on to the ground at his feet and said, "The mighty contest is at an end. I will now see...
Book Xi : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XI. THEN, when we had got down to the sea shore we drew our ship into the water and got her mast and sails into her; we also put the sheep on board and took our places, weeping and in great distress of mind. Circe, that gre...
Book Xiii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XIII. THUS did he speak, and they all held their peace throughout the covered cloister, enthralled by the charm of his story, till presently Alcinous began to speak. "Ulysses," said he, "now that you have reached my house I...
Book Xxi : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XXI. MINERVA now put it in Penelope's mind to make the suitors try their skill with the bow and with the iron axes, in contest among themselves, as a means of bringing about their destruction. She went upstairs and got the store...
Book Xx : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XX. ULYSSES slept in the cloister upon an undressed bullock's hide, on the top of which he threw several skins of the sheep the suitors had eaten, and Eurynome threw a cloak over him after he had laid himself down. There, then...
Book X : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK X. THENCE we went on to the Aeoli island where lives Aeolus son of Hippotas, dear to the immortal gods. It is an island that floats (as it were) upon the sea, iron bound with a wall that girds it. Now, Aeolus has six daughters...
Book Vi : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK VI. SO HERE Ulysses slept, overcome by sleep and toil; but Minerva went off to the country and city of the Phaecians--a people who used to live in the fair town of Hypereia, near the lawless Cyclopes. Now the Cyclopes were...
Book V : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK V. AND NOW, as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus--harbinger of light alike to mortals and immortals--the gods met in council and with them, Jove the lord of thunder, who is their king. Thereon Minerva began to tell them...
Book Xv : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XV. BUT Minerva went to the fair city of Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses' son that he was to return at once. She found him and Pisistratus sleeping in the forecourt of Menelaus's house; Pisistratus was fast asleep, but Telemachus...
Book Xxiv : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XXIV. THEN Mercury of Cyllene summoned the ghosts of the suitors, and in his hand he held the fair golden wand with which he seals men's eyes in sleep or wakes them just as he pleases; with this he roused the ghosts and led them...
Book Xvi : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XVI. MEANWHILE Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak for they had sent the men out with the pigs. When Telemachus came up, the dogs did not bark, but fawned up...
Book Vii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK VII. THUS, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on to the town. When she reached her father's house she drew up at the gateway, and her brothers--comely as the gods--gathered round her, took the mules out...
Book Xii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK XII. "AFTER we were clear of the river Oceanus, and had got out into the open sea, we went on till we reached the Aeaean island where there is dawn and sunrise as in other places. We then drew our ship on to the sands and got...
Book Iii : * "The Odyssey of Homer", by Samuel Butler, [1900], THE ODYSSEY: BOOK III. BUT as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of heaven to shed Blight on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos the city of Neleus. Now the people of Pylos were gathered on the sea shore to offer...
