The Iliad of HomerGeorge Bell & Sons, 1890 - 489 pages |
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... mother , Thetis , petitions Jove to honour her offended son at the expense of the Greeks . Jupiter , despite the opposition of Juno , grants her request . Hera SING , O goddess , the destructive wrath of Achilles , son of Peleus , which ...
... mother , Thetis , petitions Jove to honour her offended son at the expense of the Greeks . Jupiter , despite the opposition of Juno , grants her request . Hera SING , O goddess , the destructive wrath of Achilles , son of Peleus , which ...
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... mother has given thee birth , yet he is superior in power , inasmuch as he rules more people . Do thou , son of Atreus , repress thine anger ; for it is I that 2 entreat thee to forego thy resentment on behalf of Achilles , who is the ...
... mother has given thee birth , yet he is superior in power , inasmuch as he rules more people . Do thou , son of Atreus , repress thine anger ; for it is I that 2 entreat thee to forego thy resentment on behalf of Achilles , who is the ...
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... mother , stretching forth his hands : " O mother , since thou hast borne me , to be but short- lived , at least then ought high - thundering Olympian Jove to have vouchsafed honour to me ; but now he has not honoured me ever so little ...
... mother , stretching forth his hands : " O mother , since thou hast borne me , to be but short- lived , at least then ought high - thundering Olympian Jove to have vouchsafed honour to me ; but now he has not honoured me ever so little ...
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... mother of dawn , ' rosy - fingered morning , appeared , straightway then they set sail for the spacious camp of the Achæans , and to them far - darting Apollo sent a favour- able gale . But they erected the mast and expanded the white ...
... mother of dawn , ' rosy - fingered morning , appeared , straightway then they set sail for the spacious camp of the Achæans , and to them far - darting Apollo sent a favour- able gale . But they erected the mast and expanded the white ...
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... mother , white - armed Juno : " Truly now these will be grievous matters , and no longer tolerable , if ye twain contend thus on account of mortals , and excite uproar among the deities . Nor will there be any en- joyment in the ...
... mother , white - armed Juno : " Truly now these will be grievous matters , and no longer tolerable , if ye twain contend thus on account of mortals , and excite uproar among the deities . Nor will there be any en- joyment in the ...
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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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