The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... winds ? Eratofthenes , continues Euftathius , faid pleasantly , that we fhall then find the places where Ulyffes voyaged , when we have discovered the artift , or cobler , ròv onuria , who fewed up this bag of the winds . But the reason ...
... winds ? Eratofthenes , continues Euftathius , faid pleasantly , that we fhall then find the places where Ulyffes voyaged , when we have discovered the artift , or cobler , ròv onuria , who fewed up this bag of the winds . But the reason ...
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... winds , and gives him 3. twelve children , thefe denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
... winds , and gives him 3. twelve children , thefe denote the twelve principal winds ; half of which children are males , half females ; the males denote the winter winds , which as it were brood upon the earth , and generate its increase ...
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... winds arise . 351 . But a literal verfion of the original , correfpondent to these three couplets , will beft point out the deviation of our Poet . By night fierce winds , the bane of fhips , arife : And who fhall fcape deftruction , if ...
... winds arise . 351 . But a literal verfion of the original , correfpondent to these three couplets , will beft point out the deviation of our Poet . By night fierce winds , the bane of fhips , arife : And who fhall fcape deftruction , if ...
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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