The Iliad of HomerGeorge Bell & Sons, 1890 - 489 pages |
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Page 32
... dreadful portents of the gods approached the hecatombs . Calchas , then , immediately addressed us , reveal- ing from the gods : ' Why are ye become silent , ye waving- crested Greeks ? For us , indeed , provident Jove has shown a great ...
... dreadful portents of the gods approached the hecatombs . Calchas , then , immediately addressed us , reveal- ing from the gods : ' Why are ye become silent , ye waving- crested Greeks ? For us , indeed , provident Jove has shown a great ...
Page 34
... dreadful battle . Nor shall there be a cessation , not for ever so short a while , until night coming on shall part the wrath of the heroes . The belt of the man - protecting 2 shield shall be moist with sweat around the breasts of each ...
... dreadful battle . Nor shall there be a cessation , not for ever so short a while , until night coming on shall part the wrath of the heroes . The belt of the man - protecting 2 shield shall be moist with sweat around the breasts of each ...
Page 59
... dreadfully from above ; and he grasped his doughty spear , which fitted to his hands . In this same manner the martial Menelaus put on his arms . But they , when they were armed from each side of the throne , advanced to the middle ...
... dreadfully from above ; and he grasped his doughty spear , which fitted to his hands . In this same manner the martial Menelaus put on his arms . But they , when they were armed from each side of the throne , advanced to the middle ...
Page 63
... dreadful battle - din , or pro- " On the golden floor of Jove's abode . " - Cowper . * Athenæus , i . 11 , ἐδεξιοῦντο , προπίνοντες ἑαυτοῖς , ταῖς δεξιαῖς . Cf. xi . 14. Hesych . δείδεκτο , ἐδεξιοῦτο , διὰ φιλίας ήσπάζετο καὶ λόγων . 3 ...
... dreadful battle - din , or pro- " On the golden floor of Jove's abode . " - Cowper . * Athenæus , i . 11 , ἐδεξιοῦντο , προπίνοντες ἑαυτοῖς , ταῖς δεξιαῖς . Cf. xi . 14. Hesych . δείδεκτο , ἐδεξιοῦτο , διὰ φιλίας ήσπάζετο καὶ λόγων . 3 ...
Page 64
... dreadful rage pos- sessed her . But Juno could not retain her fury in her breast , but addressed him : " Most baleful son of Saturn ! what a sentence hast thou uttered ! How dost thou wish to render my labour vain , and my sweat ...
... dreadful rage pos- sessed her . But Juno could not retain her fury in her breast , but addressed him : " Most baleful son of Saturn ! what a sentence hast thou uttered ! How dost thou wish to render my labour vain , and my sweat ...
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Achæans Achilles addressed Æneas Agamemnon Ajax amongst Antilochus Apollo armour arms arrow Asius Atreus battle beheld beneath brass brave bravest brazen spear breast Buttm chariot companions daughter dear death didst Diomede dost thou dreadful earth enraged Eurypylus evil father Jove fight glory goddess godlike gods Greeks hands hastened hath heart helmet hero Hesych hollow ships honour horses hurled Idomeneus Ilium illustrious immortal Jove Juno king lest Lexil lofty Lycians magnanimous Mars Menelaus Meriones mighty Minerva Neptune Nestor noble Achilles Notes Oïleus Olympus Patroclus Peleus Polydamas Portrait Priam round rushed Sarpedon Saturn seized shield shoulders shouting slain slay slew smote son of Saturn sons soul standing steeds stood subdued swift ships swift-footed Achilles Telamonian Ajax tent Teucer thee things thou art thou hast thou mayest thou wilt thy mind Trans Trojans Troy Tydeus Ulysses unto valiant Virg vols warlike warrior whilst wounded καὶ
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