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THE ADVENTURES
OF ULYSSES
ADAPTED FROM GEORGE CHAPMAN’S
TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY
CHARLES LAMB
By
INTRODUCTION BY
TRENT
W.
P.
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH
SEWANEE, TENN.
WITH FOURTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AFTER FLAAMAN
BY ATWOOD AND A MAP
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INTRODUCTION.
It would seem hard to find a book better adapted to serve
young readers as a starting-point for the exploration of imaginative
literature than Lamb’s Adventures of Ulysses which has long been
a favorite with readers young and old.
—
It brings the child in contact with the Odyssey, that fountain
head of romance, perhaps the most fascinating single book in the
world, and also with Lamb himself, one of the most charming
of all English prose writers. Its perusal will almost of necessity
induce a desire for further acquaintance with Homer, whether in
the original or in the verse translations of Chapman and Pope,
both English Classics, or in some one of the excellent modern
prose renderings.
From the Adventures of Ulysses the young student may be led
to the Comus of Milton, which is included in the English Classics
read in most American schools, as well as to the Lotus Eaters
and Ulysses, two of the most admirable of the late Lord Tenny-
son’s poems.
In the present edition the explanatory apparatus has been kept
within the smallest limits, so as not to interfere with the enjoy-
ment of the reader. The map will aid him in following the hero
in his wanderings. The pronouncing vocabulary will teach him
how to pronounce the unfamiliar names, and the few notes
appended here and there will explain the words that have fallen
into disuse.
The map which shows the wanderings of Ulysses is taken from
a map specially prepared to show the world as Homer described it.
iii
IV Introduction.
The fourteen illustrations in the text are pen drawings by Clara
E. Atwood, from the designs made by John Flaxman, R.A. (born
1755, died 1826), the famous English sculptor, to illustrate
Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. These designs were engraved under
the artist’s own supervision by the distinguished Italian engraver,
Piroli, and have contributed largely to Flaxman’s fame.
W. TRENT.
P.
June, 1900.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
I
— — PAGE
The Cicons The Fruit of the Lotos-tree Polyphemus and the
—
Cyclops The Kingdom of the Winds, and God .dEolus’s Fatal
—
Present The Lsestrygonian Man-eaters
i
CHAPTER
II
— —
The House of Circe Men changed into Beasts The Voyage to Hell
—
The Banquet of the Dead 15
CHAPTER
III
— —
....
The Song of the Sirens Scylla and Charybdis The Oxen of the Sun
— —
The Judgment The Crew killed by Lightning 32
CHAPTER IV
—
The Island of Calypso Immortality refused 43
CHAPTER V
— — —
The Tempest The Sea-bird’s Gift The Escape by Swimming
The Sleep in the Woods 49
CHAPTER VI
— — —
The Princess Nausicaa The Washing The Game with the Ball
The Court of Phseacia and King Alcinpus 56
CHAPTER
VII
— —
The Songs of Demodocus The Convoy Home The Mariners trans-
—
formed to Stone The Young Shepherd 65
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VI Illustrations.
CHAPTER
VIII
PAGE
— —
The Change from a King to a Beggar Eumseus and the Herdsmen
Telemachus 76
CHAPTER IX
— —
The Queen’s Suitors The Battle of the Beggars The Armor taken
—
down The Meeting with Penelope 92
CHAPTER X
— — —
The Madness from Above The Bow of Ulysses The Slaughter
The Conclusion 103
Note
114
Index and Brief Explanation of Proper Names .116
. . .
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Map to illustrate the Wanderings of Ulysses Frontispiece
. . .
Ulysses offering Wine to Polyphemus 8
Ulysses at the Table of Circe 19
Ulysses terrified by the Ghosts 24
The Sirens 35
Mercury’s Message to Calypso 45
.......
Nausicaa throwing the Ball 58
Ulysses following the Car of Nausicaa 62
Ulysses weeps at the Song of Demodocus 66
........
Telemachus in search of his Father
77
Ulysses conversing with Eumaeus 80
Ulysses preparing to fight with Irus
95
Penelope’s Dream 101
Ulysses killing the Suitors no
Penelope and Ulysses .112
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