The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Page lxxxiii
... thefe ge- neral obfervations from it : that he fhewed a great thirst after knowledge , by undertaking such long and numerous travels : that he manifefted an unexampled vigour of mind , by being able to write with more fire under the ...
... thefe ge- neral obfervations from it : that he fhewed a great thirst after knowledge , by undertaking such long and numerous travels : that he manifefted an unexampled vigour of mind , by being able to write with more fire under the ...
Page cxviii
... thefe was Zenodotus , library - keeper to the first Ptolemy , and qualified for this undertaking by being both a Poet and a Grammarian : but nei- ther his copy nor that which his disciple Aristo- phanes had made , fatisfying Ariftarchus ...
... thefe was Zenodotus , library - keeper to the first Ptolemy , and qualified for this undertaking by being both a Poet and a Grammarian : but nei- ther his copy nor that which his disciple Aristo- phanes had made , fatisfying Ariftarchus ...
Page 174
... Thefe places lay between Troy and the Propontis . The other three dynaf- ties were under Mynes , Ee- tion , and Alteus ; the capi- tal of the first was Lyrnef- fus , of the fecond Thebe of Cilicia , of the third Pedafus in Lelegia ...
... Thefe places lay between Troy and the Propontis . The other three dynaf- ties were under Mynes , Ee- tion , and Alteus ; the capi- tal of the first was Lyrnef- fus , of the fecond Thebe of Cilicia , of the third Pedafus in Lelegia ...
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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