The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... earth brings forth her fruits ; by his fix fons the other months are understood , in which the feed is fown , or in ... earth , and generate its increase ; the females thofe warmer seasons of the year , when the more prolifick winds blow ...
... earth brings forth her fruits ; by his fix fons the other months are understood , in which the feed is fown , or in ... earth , and generate its increase ; the females thofe warmer seasons of the year , when the more prolifick winds blow ...
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... earth ; whofe grisly forms He urg'd in chace the flowery mead along . Ver . 709. There Tityus - ] It is needless to mention that Virgil has adorned his descent into hell with most of these fables borrowed from Homer ; it is equally ...
... earth ; whofe grisly forms He urg'd in chace the flowery mead along . Ver . 709. There Tityus - ] It is needless to mention that Virgil has adorned his descent into hell with most of these fables borrowed from Homer ; it is equally ...
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... earth , where Tityus being born , is fabled to be the son of the earth : he adds , that the fiction of his covering nine acres , arose from that space of ground which was enclosed for his place of burial .. Perhaps the ftory of Tantalus ...
... earth , where Tityus being born , is fabled to be the son of the earth : he adds , that the fiction of his covering nine acres , arose from that space of ground which was enclosed for his place of burial .. Perhaps the ftory of Tantalus ...
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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