The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... called by the name of whwrn , by reafon of its floating , but because it is an island of fame , and much failed unto , or when , by navigators ; that is , πλεομένη , οι ἐν τόποις πλεομένοις κειμένη , or lying in feas of great navigation ...
... called by the name of whwrn , by reafon of its floating , but because it is an island of fame , and much failed unto , or when , by navigators ; that is , πλεομένη , οι ἐν τόποις πλεομένοις κειμένη , or lying in feas of great navigation ...
Page 10
... called Strombolo at this day . I will take the liberty to propofe a conjecture , which may perhaps not unhappily give a reafon of this fiction of the wall of brafs , from this defcription of Ariftotle : all night fires appear ( fays ...
... called Strombolo at this day . I will take the liberty to propofe a conjecture , which may perhaps not unhappily give a reafon of this fiction of the wall of brafs , from this defcription of Ariftotle : all night fires appear ( fays ...
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... called Selli ; and the goddess Dione being joined with Jupiter in the worship , the fervice was performed by three aged priesteffes , called in the Moloffian tongue wina , as old men were called πέλειοι , ( perhaps from the corrupted ...
... called Selli ; and the goddess Dione being joined with Jupiter in the worship , the fervice was performed by three aged priesteffes , called in the Moloffian tongue wina , as old men were called πέλειοι , ( perhaps from the corrupted ...
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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