The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... fair ; Accept the hecatomb the Greeks prepare ; And may thy God who scatters darts around , 580 Aton'd by facrifice , defift to wound . At this , the fire embrac'd the maid again , So fadly loft , fo lately fought in vain . Then near ...
... fair ; Accept the hecatomb the Greeks prepare ; And may thy God who scatters darts around , 580 Aton'd by facrifice , defift to wound . At this , the fire embrac'd the maid again , So fadly loft , fo lately fought in vain . Then near ...
Page 127
... fair Ægina circled by the main : Whom strong Tyrinthe's lofty walls furround , And Epidaur with viny harvests crown'd : And where fair Afinen and Hermion fhów Their cliffs above , and ample bay below . These by the brave Euryalus were ...
... fair Ægina circled by the main : Whom strong Tyrinthe's lofty walls furround , And Epidaur with viny harvests crown'd : And where fair Afinen and Hermion fhów Their cliffs above , and ample bay below . These by the brave Euryalus were ...
Page 131
... fair Elis and Buprafum join ; Whom Hyrmin , here , and Myrfinus confine , And bounded there , where o'er the valleys rofe Th ' Olenian rock ; and where Alifium flows ; 750 Beneath four chiefs ( a num'rous army ) came : The strength and ...
... fair Elis and Buprafum join ; Whom Hyrmin , here , and Myrfinus confine , And bounded there , where o'er the valleys rofe Th ' Olenian rock ; and where Alifium flows ; 750 Beneath four chiefs ( a num'rous army ) came : The strength and ...
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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