The Odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice/Hymns/Hymn 9

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4303320The Odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice — Hymn IX.Theodore Alois BuckleyHomer

IX. TO MINERVA.

I begin to sing Pallas Minerva, the dread guardian of cities, to whom, in company with Mars, warlike deeds are a care, and cities overthrown, and the din of wars.^[1] †And she also guards the people both on going and returning.†^[2] Hail! goddess, and grant to us fortune and prosperity.

↑ Observe the hendiadys.
↑ Evidently an interpolation: νίσσομαι cannot bear such a meaning.

[1] Observe the hendiadys.

[2] Evidently an interpolation: νίσσομαι cannot bear such a meaning.

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The Odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice/Hymns/Hymn 9

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