It appeared in 1725, when he was already deep in another project.

The success of the Iliad naturally suggested an attempt upon the Odyssey.

Pope, however, was tired of translating, and he arranged for assistance.

He took into alliance a couple of Cambridge men, who were small poets capable of fairly adopting his versification.

One of them was William Broome, a clergyman who held several livings and married a rich widow.
Unfortunately his independence did not restrain him from writing poetry, for which want of means would have been the only sufficient excuse.