The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Odyssey : I fhall only add , that the notions of morality are now very different from what they were in former ages . Adultery alone was esteemed criminal , and punished with death by the antient heathens : concubinage was not only per ...
... Odyssey : I fhall only add , that the notions of morality are now very different from what they were in former ages . Adultery alone was esteemed criminal , and punished with death by the antient heathens : concubinage was not only per ...
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... Odyssey . He has been long out of fight , and we have heard none of his actions ; Telemachus is not the hero of the poem : he is only an under agent , and consequently the Poet was at liberty to omit any or all of his adventures ...
... Odyssey . He has been long out of fight , and we have heard none of his actions ; Telemachus is not the hero of the poem : he is only an under agent , and consequently the Poet was at liberty to omit any or all of his adventures ...
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... Odyssey . Euftathius gives us another folution of this difficulty , and tells us , that as there were xopaxopás , or augurs , who drew predic- tions from the flight and geftures of crows ; fo there were others who predicted from ...
... Odyssey . Euftathius gives us another folution of this difficulty , and tells us , that as there were xopaxopás , or augurs , who drew predic- tions from the flight and geftures of crows ; fo there were others who predicted from ...
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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