The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 58
Page 6
... Virgil has given a fanction to these stories , by inferting them in his Æneis ; and Horace calls them by the remarkable epithet of Specious miracles . " T 99 Ut fpeciofa dehinc miracula promat , Antiphaten , Scyllamque & cum Cyclope ...
... Virgil has given a fanction to these stories , by inferting them in his Æneis ; and Horace calls them by the remarkable epithet of Specious miracles . " T 99 Ut fpeciofa dehinc miracula promat , Antiphaten , Scyllamque & cum Cyclope ...
Page 33
... Virgil has borrowed almost this whole defcription of Circe , and as . Scaliger judges , perhaps with good reason ... Virgil likewife differs from Homer in the manner of the defcription : Homer draws the beafts with a gentleness of nature ...
... Virgil has borrowed almost this whole defcription of Circe , and as . Scaliger judges , perhaps with good reason ... Virgil likewife differs from Homer in the manner of the defcription : Homer draws the beafts with a gentleness of nature ...
Page 120
... Virgil fays only immania corpora , and makes no addition concerning the giants , omitting entirely the circumftance of their size : Homer relates the piling hill upon hill ; Virgil barely adds , that they endeavoured to ftorm the ...
... Virgil fays only immania corpora , and makes no addition concerning the giants , omitting entirely the circumftance of their size : Homer relates the piling hill upon hill ; Virgil barely adds , that they endeavoured to ftorm the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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