Talk:The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)
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[edit]This entry was broken out of the overly long article on Alexander Pope. The complete edit history can be found there. BD2412 T 01:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Alternative First Lines
[edit]Samuel Johnson noted variations of the text (see under Pope) in certain transcripts. For example, the first lines also went:
The stern Pelides’ {rage/wrath}, O goddess, sing,
Of all the {woes of Greece/Grecian woes} the fatal spring.
--Lmstearn (talk) 12:00, 13 January 2019 (UTC)