The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Belford, Clarke, 1884 - 500 pages |
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Page 51
... flames with fat of oxen slain ; God of the silver bow ! thy shafts employ , Evenge thy servant , and the Greeks destroy . ' " " Thus Chryses pray'd : -the favoring power attends , And from Olympus ' lofty tops descends . Bent was his ...
... flames with fat of oxen slain ; God of the silver bow ! thy shafts employ , Evenge thy servant , and the Greeks destroy . ' " " Thus Chryses pray'd : -the favoring power attends , And from Olympus ' lofty tops descends . Bent was his ...
Page 56
... flames that sparkle from her eyes : " Descends Minerva , in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear The Myrmidoms dwelt on the southern borders of Thessaly , and took their origin from Myrmido , son of Jupiter and ...
... flames that sparkle from her eyes : " Descends Minerva , in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear The Myrmidoms dwelt on the southern borders of Thessaly , and took their origin from Myrmido , son of Jupiter and ...
Page 65
... flames aspire ; The youth with instruments surround the fire : The thighs thus sacrificed , and entrails dress'd , The assistants part , transfix , and roast the rest : Then spread the tables , the repast prepare ; Each takes his seat ...
... flames aspire ; The youth with instruments surround the fire : The thighs thus sacrificed , and entrails dress'd , The assistants part , transfix , and roast the rest : Then spread the tables , the repast prepare ; Each takes his seat ...
Page 67
... flame . " Say , artful manager of heaven ( she cries ) , Who now partakes the secrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate , In vain the partner of imperial state . What favorite goddess then those cares divides , Which ...
... flame . " Say , artful manager of heaven ( she cries ) , Who now partakes the secrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate , In vain the partner of imperial state . What favorite goddess then those cares divides , Which ...
Page 73
... flame , By Vulcan form'd , from Jove to Hermes came : To Pelops he the immortal gift resign'd ; The immortal gift great Pelops left behind , In Atreus ' hand , which not with Atreus ends , To rich Thyestes next the prize descends ; And ...
... flame , By Vulcan form'd , from Jove to Hermes came : To Pelops he the immortal gift resign'd ; The immortal gift great Pelops left behind , In Atreus ' hand , which not with Atreus ends , To rich Thyestes next the prize descends ; And ...
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Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides bands battle behold beneath blood bold brave brazen breast breath chariot chief command coursers crown'd dare dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful dust Eurypylus eyes falchion fall fame fate fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames fleet flies force fury glory goddess godlike gods gore grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste heaps heart heaven Hector hero Homer honors host Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove Jove's king lance Lycian martial mighty monarch mortal Nestor numbers o'er Pallas Paradise Lost Patroclus Peleus Phoebus pierced plain press'd Priam prize proud race rage rise sacred Scamander shade shield shining ships shore Simoïs sire skies slain soul spear spoke stand steeds stern stood swift Teucer thee Thetis thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulysses Virgil walls warrior wound youth