{"product_id":"2940148709121","title":"A Burlesque Translation of Homer by T. C. Bridges","description":"Thomas Bridges was an English writer of parodies, drama and one novel.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1762 he published, under the pseudonym Caustic Barebones, A Travestie of Homer, a parody or burlesque translation of Homer's Iliad.\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003eThe watch past twelve o'clock were roaring,\u003cbr\u003eAnd citizens in bed were snoring,\u003cbr\u003eAnd all the gods of each degree\u003cbr\u003eWere snoring hard for company,\u003cbr\u003eWhilst Jove, whose mind could get no ease,\u003cbr\u003ePerplex'd with cares as well as fleas\u003cbr\u003e(For cares he in his bosom carried,\u003cbr\u003eAs every creature must that's married),\u003cbr\u003eWas plotting, since he had begun,\u003cbr\u003eHow he might honour Thetis' son;\u003cbr\u003eAnd scratch'd, and scratch'd, but yet he could\u003cbr\u003eNot find a method for his blood\u003cbr\u003eTo keep his word. At last he caught,\u003cbr\u003eBy scratching hard, a lucky thought\u003cbr\u003e(And 'faith, I think, 'twas no bad scheme);\u003cbr\u003eTo send the Grecian chief a Dream,\u003cbr\u003eMade of a Cloud, on which he put\u003cbr\u003eA coat and waistcoat, ready cut\u003cbr\u003eOut of the self-same kind of stuff,\u003cbr\u003eBut yet it suited well enough\u003cbr\u003eTo give it shape: Now, Mr. Dream,\u003cbr\u003eTake care you keep the shape you seem,\u003cbr\u003eSays Jove; then do directly go\u003cbr\u003eTo Agamemnon's tent below:\u003cbr\u003eTell him to arm his ragged knaves\u003cbr\u003eWith cudgels, spits, and quarter-staves,\u003cbr\u003eThen instantly their time employ\u003cbr\u003eTo rattle down the walls of Troy.\u003cbr\u003eTell him, in this, Miss Destiny\u003cbr\u003eAnd all the heav'nly crew agree:\u003cbr\u003eFor Juno has made such a riot,\u003cbr\u003eThe gods do aught to keep her quiet.","brand":"Unforgotten Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168936542448,"sku":"2940148709121","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148709121_p0.jpg?v=1763712986","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148709121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}