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The course of his verses resembles that of the army he describes , Οἱ δ ̓ αρ ̓ ἴσαν , ὡσει τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιο · They pour along like a fire that sweeps the whole earth before it . It is however remarkable that his fancy , which is ...
The course of his verses resembles that of the army he describes , Οἱ δ ̓ αρ ̓ ἴσαν , ὡσει τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιο · They pour along like a fire that sweeps the whole earth before it . It is however remarkable that his fancy , which is ...
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... and release the fair ; Not fo Atrides : He , with wonted pride , The fire infulted , and his gifts deny'd : Th ' infulted fire ( his God's peculiar care ) To Phabus pray'd , and Phabus heard the pray'r : 495 A dreadful plague enfues ...
... and release the fair ; Not fo Atrides : He , with wonted pride , The fire infulted , and his gifts deny'd : Th ' infulted fire ( his God's peculiar care ) To Phabus pray'd , and Phabus heard the pray'r : 495 A dreadful plague enfues ...
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Him they call a divine artificer , from the activity or general use of " fire in working . ... which is fignified by the fall of Vulcan ; that he fell in Lemnos , becaufe that Ifland abounds with fubterranean fires ; and that he ...
Him they call a divine artificer , from the activity or general use of " fire in working . ... which is fignified by the fall of Vulcan ; that he fell in Lemnos , becaufe that Ifland abounds with fubterranean fires ; and that he ...
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| Title | The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1 The Iliad of Homer, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Homer |
| Translated by | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | Charles Rivington, 1760 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Aug 25, 2006 |
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