The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... she , as a Goddess , knew his adventures , why might fhe not relate to him these parti- culars ? Homer a little lower tells us , that the Læftrigons trans- fixed ( poes ) the companions of Ulyffes , and then carried them away on their ...
... she , as a Goddess , knew his adventures , why might fhe not relate to him these parti- culars ? Homer a little lower tells us , that the Læftrigons trans- fixed ( poes ) the companions of Ulyffes , and then carried them away on their ...
Page 256
... She geographically describes it to him ; so that he must almost know it by the defcription : but still she suppresses the name , and this keeps him in a pleasing fufpenfe ; he attends to every fyllable to hear her name Ithaca , which ...
... She geographically describes it to him ; so that he must almost know it by the defcription : but still she suppresses the name , and this keeps him in a pleasing fufpenfe ; he attends to every fyllable to hear her name Ithaca , which ...
Page 313
... She had the epithet Black , because she was an 66 Ægyptian . " Euftathius informs us , that Dodona was antiently a city of Thefprotia ; and in procefs of time the limits of it being changed , it became of the country of the Moloffians ...
... She had the epithet Black , because she was an 66 Ægyptian . " Euftathius informs us , that Dodona was antiently a city of Thefprotia ; and in procefs of time the limits of it being changed , it became of the country of the Moloffians ...
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Æneid againſt Alcinous Anticlea antient aſked becauſe breaſt Caïcus Chapman Circe companions confequently couplet Dacier dæmon darkneſs defcends defcription deſcribes dreadful Elpenor Enipeus Euftathius Eumæus Eurylochus Eurypylus ev'ry expreffion exprefs eyes fable facred fafe faid falchion fame fate fays feas feaſt feems fhade fhall fhews fhip fhore fhort fhould fignifies firft firſt flain fleep fome forrow foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftory fuch Goddeſs Gods gueſt heav'n hell herds hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad inftance iſland Jove loft moſt muſt night o'er obferves occafion Odyffey Odyſſey Ogilby paffage perfon Phæacians pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetry pow'r reaſon reft repreſent rhymes rife ſay Scylla ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhip ſhore ſpeaks ſpread ſtay ſtory Strabo Symplegades Telegonus Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflator Ulyffes underſtand underſtood uſed veffel verfe verfion verſe Virgil whofe whoſe winds wiſdom woes words καὶ