The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... Gods diflinguifh'd care . ] In the original it is Ads , or nurft by Jove .. Homer often uses to call his Kings by fuch epithets as Alves , born of the Gods , or Andipapais , bred by the Gods ; by which he points out to themselves , the ...
... Gods diflinguifh'd care . ] In the original it is Ads , or nurft by Jove .. Homer often uses to call his Kings by fuch epithets as Alves , born of the Gods , or Andipapais , bred by the Gods ; by which he points out to themselves , the ...
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... Gods Briareus , Men Egeon name . ] This manner of making the Gods fpeak a language different from men ( which is frequent in Homer ) is a circumftance that as far as it widens the diftinction between divine and human na- tures , fo far ...
... Gods Briareus , Men Egeon name . ] This manner of making the Gods fpeak a language different from men ( which is frequent in Homer ) is a circumftance that as far as it widens the diftinction between divine and human na- tures , fo far ...
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... God's imperious Queen alone : 695 the description of the eye - brows and the hair , those chief pieces of imagery from whence the artift took the idea of a countenance proper for the King of Gods and Men . Thus far Macrobius , whom ...
... God's imperious Queen alone : 695 the description of the eye - brows and the hair , those chief pieces of imagery from whence the artift took the idea of a countenance proper for the King of Gods and Men . Thus far Macrobius , whom ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon ancient anſwer Atrides beauty becauſe beſt cauſe Chalcis chief Chios compariſon criticks defcends defign deſcribes deſcription Euftathius expreffion fable facred faid fame fays fceptre feems fhall fhews fhips fhore fhould fide fimile fince firft firſt fome fpeech fpirit ftadia ftill ftories fubject fuch Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks Heroes himſelf Homer honour Ibid Idomeneus Iliad imagine itſelf Jove Jupiter juſt King laſt Leo Allatius Lycurgus Macrobius Madam Dacier moft moſt muſt Neftor Nireus o'er obferved occafion paffage paffion Pauf Peneus perfons Phthiotis pleaſure Plutarch poem Poet poetry pow'r praiſe preferved Prieſt Princes promiſe Pteleon racter raiſe reaſon repreſenting rife ſays ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhore ſkies ſome ſpeak ſpoken ſtate Statius ſtill ſtory Strab ſtrength Suidas thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranflation Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſed verſe Virgil warriours whofe whoſe wiſdom καὶ