The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 29
Page xxiii
... farther representation of his notions , in the correspondence of their founds to what they fignified . Out of all these he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the fineft ear in the ...
... farther representation of his notions , in the correspondence of their founds to what they fignified . Out of all these he has derived that harmony , which makes us confefs he had not only the richest head , but the fineft ear in the ...
Page liii
... farther recommend to him , is to study his author rather from his own text , than from any commen- taries , how learned foever , or whatever figure they may make in the estimation of the world ; to confider him attentively in comparison ...
... farther recommend to him , is to study his author rather from his own text , than from any commen- taries , how learned foever , or whatever figure they may make in the estimation of the world ; to confider him attentively in comparison ...
Page lxii
Homer. we meet with concerning them ; a tendency to be farther acquainted with them , by gathering every circumstance of their lives ; a kind of complacency in their company , when we retire to enjoy what they have left ; an union with ...
Homer. we meet with concerning them ; a tendency to be farther acquainted with them , by gathering every circumstance of their lives ; a kind of complacency in their company , when we retire to enjoy what they have left ; an union with ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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