The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Page lxxxix
... lived about the time of Lycurgus . Strabo tells us , It was re- ported that Lycurgus went to Chios for an inter- view with him . And even Plutarch , when he fays , Lycurgus received Homer's works from the grandson of that Creophilus ...
... lived about the time of Lycurgus . Strabo tells us , It was re- ported that Lycurgus went to Chios for an inter- view with him . And even Plutarch , when he fays , Lycurgus received Homer's works from the grandson of that Creophilus ...
Page cx
... lived , either for want of hiftorians , the meannefs of fortune , or the love of retirement , to which a poetical temper is peculiarly addicted . Yet after death their works give themselves a life in Fame , without the help of an ...
... lived , either for want of hiftorians , the meannefs of fortune , or the love of retirement , to which a poetical temper is peculiarly addicted . Yet after death their works give themselves a life in Fame , without the help of an ...
Page cxlviii
... lived in , required a knowledge in the healing of wounds : and this might make him breed his princes , Achilles , Patroclus , Po- dalirius , and Machaon , to the fcience . What Homer thus attributes to others , he knew him- self , and ...
... lived in , required a knowledge in the healing of wounds : and this might make him breed his princes , Achilles , Patroclus , Po- dalirius , and Machaon , to the fcience . What Homer thus attributes to others , he knew him- self , 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