The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... paffage fhould be referred to Minerva ; according to an opinion of the ancients , who supposed that the Gods had a peculiar light in their eyes . That Homer was not igno- rant of this opinion , appears from his use of it in other places ...
... paffage fhould be referred to Minerva ; according to an opinion of the ancients , who supposed that the Gods had a peculiar light in their eyes . That Homer was not igno- rant of this opinion , appears from his use of it in other places ...
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... paffage . It feems there were anciently these words in his speech to the dream ; Aídoμ dè oi six © åpéoðar , Let us give him great glory . ( Instead of which we have in the prefent copies , Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε ̓ ἐφῆπλαι . ) But Hippias ...
... paffage . It feems there were anciently these words in his speech to the dream ; Aídoμ dè oi six © åpéoðar , Let us give him great glory . ( Instead of which we have in the prefent copies , Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε ̓ ἐφῆπλαι . ) But Hippias ...
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... paffage gives me occafion to animadvert upon a com- putation of the number of the Trojans , which the learned ... paffages , are here translated correfpon- dent to the general air and sense of this speech , rather than just to the letter ...
... paffage gives me occafion to animadvert upon a com- putation of the number of the Trojans , which the learned ... paffages , are here translated correfpon- dent to the general air and sense of this speech , rather than just to the letter ...
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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