The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... taken in the whole circle of arts , and the whole compass of nature to fupply his maxims and reflections ; all the inward paffions and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things ...
... taken in the whole circle of arts , and the whole compass of nature to fupply his maxims and reflections ; all the inward paffions and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things ...
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... taken by Maon , and " bred up as his fon , till the death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the story the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty , Here we fee , though he be taken out of the line- age of Meles , where ...
... taken by Maon , and " bred up as his fon , till the death of that " Prince . " And from this point of the story the Poet is let down into his traditional poverty , Here we fee , though he be taken out of the line- age of Meles , where ...
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... taken from thence two beautiful captives Chryfeïs and Brifeïs , allotted the firft to Agamemnon , and the laft to Achilles . Chryfes , the father of Chryfeïs , and priest of Apollo , comes to the Grecian camp to ransom her ; with which ...
... taken from thence two beautiful captives Chryfeïs and Brifeïs , allotted the firft to Agamemnon , and the laft to Achilles . Chryfes , the father of Chryfeïs , and priest of Apollo , comes to the Grecian camp to ransom her ; with which ...
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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