in the Greek) suggest
rather strongly that there was only _one_.
rather strongly that there was only _one_.
Odyssey - Cowper
) Axes of this type were not
known to Cowper, and hence the hypothesis in his text. He realised
correctly the essential conditions of the feat proposed: the axes must
have been set up, one behind the other, in the way he suggested for his
ringed stakes.
NOTE IV.
Bk. xxii. l. 139-162 (Hom. xxii. l. 126-143). --How Melanthius got out of
the hall remains a puzzle. Cowper assumes a second postern, but there is
no evidence for this, and l. 139 ff. (l. 126 ff.
in the Greek) suggest
rather strongly that there was only _one_. Unfortunately, the crucial
word ? ? ? ? ? which occurs in the line describing Melanthius' exit is not
found elsewhere. "He went up," the poet says, "through the ? ? ? ? ? of the
hall. " Merry suggests that "he scrambled up to the loopholes that were
pierced in the wall. " Others suppose that there was a ladder at the inner
end of the hall leading to the upper story, and on through passages to
the armoury.
In l.
known to Cowper, and hence the hypothesis in his text. He realised
correctly the essential conditions of the feat proposed: the axes must
have been set up, one behind the other, in the way he suggested for his
ringed stakes.
NOTE IV.
Bk. xxii. l. 139-162 (Hom. xxii. l. 126-143). --How Melanthius got out of
the hall remains a puzzle. Cowper assumes a second postern, but there is
no evidence for this, and l. 139 ff. (l. 126 ff.
in the Greek) suggest
rather strongly that there was only _one_. Unfortunately, the crucial
word ? ? ? ? ? which occurs in the line describing Melanthius' exit is not
found elsewhere. "He went up," the poet says, "through the ? ? ? ? ? of the
hall. " Merry suggests that "he scrambled up to the loopholes that were
pierced in the wall. " Others suppose that there was a ladder at the inner
end of the hall leading to the upper story, and on through passages to
the armoury.
In l.
