Mythology & Folklore
In his Return to Cuma
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624) · From Homeric Epigrams (Chapman)
Mythology & Folklore
Swiftly my feet sustain me to the town,
Where men inhabit whom due honours crown,
Whose minds with free-given faculties are mov’d,
And whose grave counsels best of best approv’d.
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Codex Note
Chapman’s verse version of one of the Homeric epigrams (c. 1624).
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Homer. “In his Return to Cuma.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/21/.
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Homer. “In his Return to Cuma.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/21/.
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