The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... concerning the births of Hector and Po- lydamas on the fame night ; who were never- theless of different qualifications , one excelling in war , and the other in eloquence : others again will have him to be versed in Magick , from his ...
... concerning the births of Hector and Po- lydamas on the fame night ; who were never- theless of different qualifications , one excelling in war , and the other in eloquence : others again will have him to be versed in Magick , from his ...
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... concerning the Temple of Jerufalem as a place of this nature ; " where ( fays he ) the " people either dreamed for themselves , or procured some good dreamer to do it . " By which it should seem he had read something concerning the ...
... concerning the Temple of Jerufalem as a place of this nature ; " where ( fays he ) the " people either dreamed for themselves , or procured some good dreamer to do it . " By which it should seem he had read something concerning the ...
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... concerning the state of Greece in that early pe- riod . Greece was then divided into several Dy- nafties , which our Author has enumerated un- der their respective princes ; and his divifion was looked upon fo exact , that we are told ...
... concerning the state of Greece in that early pe- riod . Greece was then divided into several Dy- nafties , which our Author has enumerated un- der their respective princes ; and his divifion was looked upon fo exact , that we are told ...
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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