The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... Poet Linus ( fay they ) was born of A- pollo , and Thoöfe the Daughter of Neptune . “ Pierus of Linus : Oeagrus of King Pierus and " the Nymph Methone : Orpheus of Oeagrus and " the Mufe Calliope . From Orpheus came Othrys ; " from him ...
... Poet Linus ( fay they ) was born of A- pollo , and Thoöfe the Daughter of Neptune . “ Pierus of Linus : Oeagrus of King Pierus and " the Nymph Methone : Orpheus of Oeagrus and " the Mufe Calliope . From Orpheus came Othrys ; " from him ...
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... poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these is already plundered by fucceeding commentators , who have very little ` but what they owe to him and I am obliged to fay even of Madam Dacier , that she is either more ...
... poet , are much fewer than is imagined . The greater part of these is already plundered by fucceeding commentators , who have very little ` but what they owe to him and I am obliged to fay even of Madam Dacier , that she is either more ...
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... Poet introduces as actually speaking , fhould fall into the self - fame words that are used in the narration by the Poet himself . Yet Milton was fo great an admirer and imi- tator of our Author , as not to have fcrupled even this kind ...
... Poet introduces as actually speaking , fhould fall into the self - fame words that are used in the narration by the Poet himself . Yet Milton was fo great an admirer and imi- tator of our Author , as not to have fcrupled even this kind ...
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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