The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... beginning in the same manner , and following the main of their story almost step by step ; as most of the mo- dern writers of Epick poetry have done after one of these great poets . 66 very . 1. ] Quintilian has told us , that from the ...
... beginning in the same manner , and following the main of their story almost step by step ; as most of the mo- dern writers of Epick poetry have done after one of these great poets . 66 very . 1. ] Quintilian has told us , that from the ...
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... beginning of the Iliad , fo he attributes the de- ftruction of Ulyes's friends to their own folly in the beginning of the Odyfjes , Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρησιν ἀτασθαλίησιν ὅλοντο . . 9. Declare , O Mufe . ] It may be queftioned whether the ...
... beginning of the Iliad , fo he attributes the de- ftruction of Ulyes's friends to their own folly in the beginning of the Odyfjes , Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρησιν ἀτασθαλίησιν ὅλοντο . . 9. Declare , O Mufe . ] It may be queftioned whether the ...
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... beginning of the eleventh ; and fo in the reft . .572 . Say , Virgins . ] It is hard to conceive any address more folemn , any opening to a fubject more noble and mag- Since earth's wide regions , heav'n's unmeasur'd height , 574 120 ...
... beginning of the eleventh ; and fo in the reft . .572 . Say , Virgins . ] It is hard to conceive any address more folemn , any opening to a fubject more noble and mag- Since earth's wide regions , heav'n's unmeasur'd height , 574 120 ...
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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