Pope

Heroes, Homer, and Humility

Authors

  • Brian Young

Keywords:

hero, Iliad, Ancient Greece, Alexander Pope, translation, Achilles, Homer

Abstract

This essay analyzes Pope's depiction of the heroic in the Iliad in the context of critical literature, in order to determine whether Pope's own ideals sabotaged his depiction of the heroic as understood by Homer.  I conclude that, while Pope’s translation is certainly original and applies poetic license liberally, he remained essentially faithful to the original text and its ideals.

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Published

2019-12-23

How to Cite

Young, B. “Pope: Heroes, Homer, and Humility”. Pope-Ular Analysis, vol. 1, no. 1, Dec. 2019, https://course-journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/eng420/article/view/285.

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): Pope-ular Analysis

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Copyright (c) 2019 Brian Young

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