Talk:The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Lmstearn in topic Alternative First Lines

Attribution edit

This entry was broken out of the overly long article on Alexander Pope. The complete edit history can be found there. BD2412 T 01:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)Reply

Alternative First Lines edit

Samuel Johnson noted variations of the text (see under Pope) in certain transcripts. For example, the first lines also went:
The stern Pelides’ {rage/wrath}, O goddess, sing,
Of all the {woes of Greece/Grecian woes} the fatal spring.

--Lmstearn (talk) 12:00, 13 January 2019 (UTC)Reply

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