Mythology & Folklore
An Essay of his begun Iliads
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624) · From Homeric Epigrams (Chapman)
Mythology & Folklore
Ilion, and all the brave-horse-breeding soil,
Dardania, I sing; that many a toil
Impos’d upon the mighty Grecian pow’rs,
Who were of Mars the manly servitours.
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Codex Note
Chapman’s verse version of one of the Homeric epigrams (c. 1624).
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Homer. “An Essay of his begun Iliads.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/24/.
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Homer. “An Essay of his begun Iliads.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/24/.
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