The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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Page 52
... faithful handmaids , & c . ] This large defcrip tion of the entertainment in the palace of Circe , is particularly judicious ; Ulyffes is in an houfe of pleasure , and the Poet dwells upon it , and fhews how every circumstance ...
... faithful handmaids , & c . ] This large defcrip tion of the entertainment in the palace of Circe , is particularly judicious ; Ulyffes is in an houfe of pleasure , and the Poet dwells upon it , and fhews how every circumstance ...
Page 135
... faithful truft . But fay , refides my fon in royal port , In rich Orchomenos , or Sparta's court ? Or fay in Pyle ? for yet he views the light , Nor glides a phantom thro phantom thro ' the realms of night . 565 Then I : Thy fuit is ...
... faithful truft . But fay , refides my fon in royal port , In rich Orchomenos , or Sparta's court ? Or fay in Pyle ? for yet he views the light , Nor glides a phantom thro phantom thro ' the realms of night . 565 Then I : Thy fuit is ...
Page 288
... faithful fwain , & c . ] The words in the Greek are dos popòs , literally rendered , the divine fwineherd , which are burlefque in modern languages , and would have been no lefs in Greek , if the person of Eumæus had not been honour ...
... faithful fwain , & c . ] The words in the Greek are dos popòs , literally rendered , the divine fwineherd , which are burlefque in modern languages , and would have been no lefs in Greek , if the person of Eumæus had not been honour ...
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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