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NOTE1850

ERRORS IN POPE'S HOMER'S ODYSSEY

By DAVID STEVENS. (Godalming)

In all the editions I have seen of this translation, the following very palpable errors exist, which I do not remember to have seen noticed. The first of these errors is contained in book ix. lines 325, 326, 463, and 533, "Fools that ye are! (the savage thus replies, His inward fury blazing at his *eyes*.)" "Sing'd are his *brows*: the scorching *lids* grow black." "Seest thou these *lids* that now unfold in vain?" and consists in Mr. Pope having bestowed two organs of sight on the giant Polypheme. The second occurs in line 405 of the same book; "Brain'd on the rock: his *second* dire repast;"…

Topics: Translation Errors, Homer's Odyssey, Literature