The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 2
The points in question are:
Die fraglichen Punkte sind:
(1) that the "Odyssey" was written entirely at, and drawn entirely from, the place now called Trapani on the West Coast of Sicily, alike as regards the Phaeacian and the Ithaca scenes; while the voyages of Ulysses, when once he is within easy reach of Sicily, solve themselves into a periplus of the island, practically from Trapani back to Trapani, via the Lipari islands, the Straits of Messina, and the island of Pantellaria.
(1) dass die „Odyssee" vollständig an dem Ort verfasst wurde und vollständig aus dem Ort schöpft, der heute Trapani an der Westküste Siziliens genannt wird, sowohl hinsichtlich der phäakischen als auch der Ithaka-Szenen; während sich die Reisen des Odysseus, sobald er sich in der Nähe Siziliens befindet, in einen Periplus der Insel auflösen, praktisch von Trapani zurück nach Trapani, über die Liparischen Inseln, die Straße von Messina und die Insel Pantelleria.
(2) That the poem was entirely written by a very young woman, who lived at the place now called Trapani, and introduced herself into her work under the name of Nausicaa.
(2) Dass das Gedicht vollständig von einer sehr jungen Frau verfasst wurde, die an dem Ort lebte, der heute Trapani genannt wird, und sich selbst unter dem Namen Nausikaa in ihr Werk einführte.
The main arguments on which I base the first of these somewhat startling contentions, have been prominently and repeatedly before the English and Italian public ever since they appeared (without rejoinder) in the "Athenaeum" for January 30 and February 20, 1892.
Die Hauptargumente, auf die ich die erste dieser einigermaßen überraschenden Behauptungen stütze, standen seit ihrem Erscheinen (ohne Erwiderung) im „Athenaeum" vom 30. Januar und 20. Februar 1892 wiederholt und prominent vor der englischen und italienischen Öffentlichkeit.
Both contentions were urged (also without rejoinder) in the Johnian "Eagle" for the Lent and October terms of the same year.
Beide Behauptungen wurden (ebenfalls ohne Erwiderung) im Johnian „Eagle" für die Fastenzeit und den Oktoberterm desselben Jahres vorgebracht.
Nothing to which I should reply has reached me from any quarter, and knowing how anxiously I have endeavoured to learn the existence of any flaws in my argument, I begin to feel some confidence that, did such flaws exist, I should have heard, at any rate about some of them, before now.
Nichts, worauf ich antworten müsste, ist mir aus irgendeiner Richtung zugegangen, und da ich weiß, wie eifrig ich mich bemüht habe, das Vorhandensein etwaiger Mängel in meiner Argumentation zu erfahren, beginne ich einiges Vertrauen zu schöpfen, dass ich, falls solche Mängel existierten, zumindest von einigen davon inzwischen gehört hätte.
Vocabulary
- fraglichen
- In question, under discussion, pertaining to the matter
- Punkte
- Points, aspects, items on a list
- Odyssee
- The Odyssey; Homer's epic poem about Odysseus
- vollständig
- Completely, fully, in its entirety
- Ort
- Place, location, specific site or spot
- verfasst
- Composed, written, authored (past participle of verfassen)
- schöpft
- Draws from, derives; third-person singular of schöpfen
- heute
- Today, nowadays, in the present day
- Westküste
- West coast, western shoreline of a landmass
- Siziliens
- Of Sicily; genitive form of Sizilien (Sicily)
- genannt
- Called, named; past participle of nennen
- sowohl
- Both, as well as; used in sowohl…als auch construction
- hinsichtlich
- With regard to, concerning, in respect of
- Szenen
- Scenes, episodes, sequences in a narrative or play
- während
- While, during; temporal conjunction or preposition
- Reisen
- Travels, journeys, trips; plural of Reise
- sobald
- As soon as; temporal conjunction
- Nähe
- Vicinity, nearness, proximity to a place
- befindet
- Is located, finds itself; third-person of befinden
- Insel
- Island; a landmass surrounded by water
- auflösen
- To dissolve, resolve, break up into something
- praktisch
- Practically, virtually, almost entirely; adverb
- zurück
- Back, returning; directional adverb or prefix
- Inseln
- Islands; plural of Insel
- Straße
- Street, road; also strait (narrow waterway)
- Gedicht
- Poem; a literary work in verse form
- Frau
- Woman, wife, Mrs.; adult female person
- selbst
- Herself, itself, even; reflexive intensifier
- Namen
- Name; dative/plural of Name
- Werk
- Work, opus, literary or artistic creation
- einführte
- Introduced; simple past of einführen
- Hauptargumente
- Main arguments, primary points of reasoning
- einigermaßen
- Somewhat, to some degree, rather surprisingly
- überraschenden
- Surprising, astonishing; inflected adjective from überraschen
- Behauptungen
- Claims, assertions, contentions; plural of Behauptung
- stütze
- Support, base upon; first-person singular of stützen
- seit
- Since, for (time); preposition with dative
- Erscheinen
- Appearance, publication, emergence of something
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- Erwiderung
- Rebuttal, reply, counter-response to an argument
- Januar
- January; the first month of the year
- Februar
- February; the second month of the year
- wiederholt
- Repeatedly, again; adverb or past participle of wiederholen
- prominent
- Prominently, in a notable or visible manner
- englischen
- English; inflected adjective referring to England
- italienischen
- Italian; inflected adjective referring to Italy
- Öffentlichkeit
- Public, general public, public sphere or audience
- Beide
- Both; referring to two previously mentioned things
- ebenfalls
- Also, likewise, in the same way too
- Fastenzeit
- Lent; the Christian fasting period before Easter
- desselben
- Of the same; genitive of derselbe (the same)
- Jahres
- Of the year; genitive of Jahr (year)
- vorgebracht
- Presented, put forward, advanced as an argument
- Nichts
- Nothing; absence of anything relevant or useful
- worauf
- Whereupon, on which, in response to which
- antworten
- To answer, to reply, to respond to something
- müsste
- Would have to, should; subjunctive II of müssen
- irgendeiner
- In any, from any; from some direction or source
- Richtung
- Direction, way, orientation toward a destination
- zugegangen
- Reached, come to; past participle of zugehen
- eifrig
- Eagerly, zealously, with great diligence and effort
- bemüht
- Endeavored, tried hard; past participle of bemühen
- Vorhandensein
- Existence, presence, the fact of being present
- etwaiger
- Any possible, potential; adjective for hypothetical cases
- Mängel
- Flaws, deficiencies, shortcomings; plural of Mangel
- Argumentation
- Argumentation, line of reasoning, logical structure
- erfahren
- To learn, find out, discover information about something
- beginne
- Begin; first-person singular present of beginnen
- einiges
- Some, a certain amount; indefinite pronoun neuter
- Vertrauen
- Confidence, trust; noun or infinitive of vertrauen
- schöpfen
- To draw, derive, gain (confidence or inspiration)
- falls
- If, in case; conditional conjunction
- solche
- Such, such ones; demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- existierten
- Existed; simple past plural of existieren
- zumindest
- At least, at a minimum; concessive adverb
- einigen
- Some, a few; indefinite pronoun or adjective plural
- davon
- Of them, from them; pronominal adverb
- inzwischen
- Meanwhile, by now, in the meantime
- gehört
- Heard; past participle of hören
- hätte
- Would have; subjunctive II of haben
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