The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... reason of the fiction is supposed to be this : olus taught the use and management of fails , and having foretold Ulyffes from what quarter the winds would blow , may be faid to have gathered them into a kind of enclosure , and retained ...
... reason of the fiction is supposed to be this : olus taught the use and management of fails , and having foretold Ulyffes from what quarter the winds would blow , may be faid to have gathered them into a kind of enclosure , and retained ...
Page 175
... reason of the ftreights , " and the concourfe of the Tyrrhene and Sicilian feas breaking violently into it , and there raifing great commotions , is with " good reason called xaλn , or deftructive . " Charybdis ftands on the coaft of ...
... reason of the ftreights , " and the concourfe of the Tyrrhene and Sicilian feas breaking violently into it , and there raifing great commotions , is with " good reason called xaλn , or deftructive . " Charybdis ftands on the coaft of ...
Page 176
... reason why Scylla is faid to devour " the fishes , as Homer expreffes it , + When ftung with hunger fhe embroils the flood , The fea - dog and the dolphin are her food ; She makes the huge leviathan her prey , And all the monsters of ...
... reason why Scylla is faid to devour " the fishes , as Homer expreffes it , + When ftung with hunger fhe embroils the flood , The fea - dog and the dolphin are her food ; She makes the huge leviathan her prey , And all the monsters of ...
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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