Epic poem · 1911

The Odyssey

A line-for-line translation in the metre of the original

by Homer

Translated by H. B. Cotterill (1911)

H. B. Cotterill's 1911 English hexameter version of the Odyssey, which keeps to the long line of Homer's own metre and renders the poem line for line.

Contents · 24 parts

• Book Iabout 440 lines
• Book IIabout 430 lines
• Book IIIabout 500 lines
• Book IVabout 850 lines
• Book Vabout 490 lines
• Book VIabout 330 lines
• Book VIIabout 350 lines
• Book VIIIabout 590 lines
• Book IXabout 570 lines
• Book Xabout 570 lines
• Book XIabout 640 lines
• Book XIIabout 450 lines
• Book XIIIabout 440 lines
• Book XIVabout 530 lines
• Book XVabout 560 lines
• Book XVIabout 480 lines
• Book XVIIabout 610 lines
• Book XVIIIabout 430 lines
• Book XIXabout 600 lines
• Book XXabout 390 lines
• Book XXIabout 430 lines
• Book XXIIabout 500 lines
• Book XXIIIabout 370 lines
• Book XXIVabout 550 lines

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