The Iliad of HomerGeorge Bell & Sons, 1890 - 489 pages |
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... brave and so numerous a people of the Greeks warred an incffectual war , and fought with fewer men ; but as yet no end has appeared . For if we , Greeks and Trojans , hav- ing struck a faithful league , ' wished that both should be ...
... brave and so numerous a people of the Greeks warred an incffectual war , and fought with fewer men ; but as yet no end has appeared . For if we , Greeks and Trojans , hav- ing struck a faithful league , ' wished that both should be ...
Page 33
... brave , for they will fight their best , 4 and thou wilt likewise learn whether it is by the divine interposition that thou art destined not to dismantle the city , or by the cowardice of the troops , and their un- skilfulness in war ...
... brave , for they will fight their best , 4 and thou wilt likewise learn whether it is by the divine interposition that thou art destined not to dismantle the city , or by the cowardice of the troops , and their un- skilfulness in war ...
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... brave in war , and Sthenelus , the dear son of much- renowned Capaneus ; and with these went Euryalus the third , god - like man , the son of king Mecisteus , Talaus ' son ; and all these Diomede brave in war commanded . With these ...
... brave in war , and Sthenelus , the dear son of much- renowned Capaneus ; and with these went Euryalus the third , god - like man , the son of king Mecisteus , Talaus ' son ; and all these Diomede brave in war commanded . With these ...
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... brave in battle , commanded sixty ships , but they were ar apart [ from Agamemnon's forces ] . Amidst them he hin went , confiding in his valour , inciting them to war ; especially he desired in his soul to avenge the remors Helen and ...
... brave in battle , commanded sixty ships , but they were ar apart [ from Agamemnon's forces ] . Amidst them he hin went , confiding in his valour , inciting them to war ; especially he desired in his soul to avenge the remors Helen and ...
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... brave and great descendant of Her- cules . led from Rhodes nine ships of the haughty Rhodians , those who inhabited Rhodes , arranged in three bands , Lindus , and Ialyssus , and white Camirus . These spear - famed Tlepo- lemus led , he ...
... brave and great descendant of Her- cules . led from Rhodes nine ships of the haughty Rhodians , those who inhabited Rhodes , arranged in three bands , Lindus , and Ialyssus , and white Camirus . These spear - famed Tlepo- lemus led , he ...
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