The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 9
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Other difficulties will also disappear as soon as the development of the poem in the writer's mind is understood.
Andere Schwierigkeiten werden ebenfalls verschwinden, sobald die Entwicklung des Gedichts im Geiste des Verfassers verstanden wird.
I have dealt with this at some length in pp. 251-261 of "The Authoress of the Odyssey".
Ich habe dies ausführlicher auf den Seiten 251-261 von „The Authoress of the Odyssey" behandelt.
Briefly, the "Odyssey" consists of two distinct poems: (1) The Return of Ulysses, which alone the Muse is asked to sing in the opening lines of the poem.
Kurz gesagt besteht die „Odyssee" aus zwei verschiedenen Gedichten: (1) Die Rückkehr des Odysseus, die allein die Muse in den Eröffnungszeilen des Gedichts zu singen aufgefordert wird.
This poem includes the Phaeacian episode, and the account of Ulysses' adventures as told by himself in Books ix.-xii.
Dieses Gedicht umfasst die phäakische Episode und den Bericht von Odysseus' Abenteuern, wie er ihn selbst in den Büchern ix.-xii. erzählt.
It consists of lines 1-79 (roughly) of Book i., of line 28 of Book v., and thence without intermission to the middle of line 187 of Book xiii., at which point the original scheme was abandoned.
Es besteht aus den Zeilen 1-79 (ungefähr) des ersten Buches, aus Zeile 28 des fünften Buches und von dort ohne Unterbrechung bis zur Mitte von Zeile 187 des dreizehnten Buches, an welchem Punkt der ursprüngliche Plan aufgegeben wurde.
(2) The story of Penelope and the suitors, with the episode of Telemachus' voyage to Pylos.
(2) Die Geschichte von Penelope und den Freiern, mit der Episode von Telemachs Reise nach Pylos.
Vocabulary
- Andere
- Other; referring to different or additional things
- Schwierigkeiten
- Difficulties; problems or challenges encountered
- werden
- Will; auxiliary verb indicating future or passive
- ebenfalls
- Also; likewise; in the same manner
- verschwinden
- To disappear; to vanish from sight or existence
- sobald
- As soon as; the moment that something occurs
- die
- The; definite article for feminine or plural nouns
- Entwicklung
- Development; the process of growth or progression
- des
- Of the; genitive definite article for masculine/neuter
- Gedichts
- Of the poem; genitive form of Gedicht
- im
- In the; contraction of in and dem
- Geiste
- Mind; spirit or intellectual thought of someone
- Verfassers
- Of the author; genitive form referring to a writer
- verstanden
- Understood; past participle of verstehen, to understand
- wird
- Will be; third person singular of werden
- Ich
- I; first person singular personal pronoun
- habe
- Have; first person singular of haben
- dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- ausführlicher
- More thoroughly; in greater detail than before
- auf
- On; upon; a common German preposition
- den
- The; accusative or dative definite article form
- Seiten
- Pages; plural of Seite, also meaning sides
- von
- Of; from; a very common German preposition
- behandelt
- Treated; discussed or dealt with in writing
- Kurz
- Brief; short; used here as in briefly speaking
- gesagt
- Said; past participle of sagen, to say
- besteht
- Consists; third person singular of bestehen, to consist
- aus
- From; out of; a common German preposition
- zwei
- Two; the cardinal number 2
- verschiedenen
- Different; various; adjective describing distinct items
- Gedichten
- Poems; dative plural form of Gedicht
- Rückkehr
- Return; the act of coming back to a place
- allein
- Alone; only; by oneself without others
- in
- In; inside; a very common German preposition
- zu
- To; too; a very common German preposition or particle
- singen
- To sing; to produce musical vocal sounds
- aufgefordert
- Requested; called upon; past participle of auffordern
- Dieses
- This; demonstrative pronoun or article, nominative neuter
- Gedicht
- Poem; a literary work written in verse form
- umfasst
- Encompasses; includes; third person singular of umfassen
- Episode
- Episode; a distinct part or event within a narrative
- und
- And; the most common German coordinating conjunction
- Bericht
- Account; report; a detailed description of events
- Abenteuern
- Adventures; dative plural of Abenteuer
- wie
- How; as; a common German conjunction or adverb
- er
- He; third person singular masculine personal pronoun
- ihn
- Him; accusative form of the pronoun er
- selbst
- Himself; self; an emphatic or reflexive pronoun
- Büchern
- Books; dative plural form of Buch
- erzählt
- Narrates; tells; third person singular of erzählen
- Es
- It; third person singular neuter personal pronoun
- Zeilen
- Lines; plural of Zeile, referring to text lines
- ungefähr
- Approximately; roughly; used for imprecise numerical estimates
- ersten
- First; ordinal adjective in an inflected form
- Buches
- Of the book; genitive singular of Buch
- Zeile
- Line; a single row of text in a document
- fünften
- Fifth; ordinal adjective referring to the fifth item
- dort
- There; at that place; a common locative adverb
- ohne
- Without; lacking something; a common German preposition
- Unterbrechung
- Interruption; a break in continuity or ongoing action
- bis
- Until; up to; a common German preposition or conjunction
- zur
- To the; contraction of zu and der
- Mitte
- Middle; the center point of something
- dreizehnten
- Thirteenth; ordinal adjective in an inflected form
- an
- At; on; to; a very common German preposition
- welchem
- Which; dative form of the relative pronoun welcher
- Punkt
- Point; a specific moment or location in time
- der
- The; definite article for masculine nominative nouns
- ursprüngliche
- Original; initial; relating to the earliest version
- Plan
- Plan; a structured intention or course of action
- aufgegeben
- Abandoned; given up; past participle of aufgeben
- wurde
- Was; simple past of werden in passive constructions
- Geschichte
- Story; history; a narrative or account of events
- mit
- With; together with; a common German preposition
- Reise
- Journey; trip; travel from one place to another
- nach
- To; after; toward; a common German preposition
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