Homer: the Iliad [a summary]. |
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الصفحة 9
... immortal breed ( which he seems to count even a more valuable prize ) , to the champion who will deliver her and slay the monster . Hercules comes to the rescue ; but a second time Laomedon breaks his word . substitutes mortal horses ...
... immortal breed ( which he seems to count even a more valuable prize ) , to the champion who will deliver her and slay the monster . Hercules comes to the rescue ; but a second time Laomedon breaks his word . substitutes mortal horses ...
الصفحة 11
... Immortals , with that insidious legend inscribed on it — should be awarded . Three competing goddesses - Juno , Venus ... immortal costume , in order that he might decide which of them was " the fairest . " Each tried to bribe him to ...
... Immortals , with that insidious legend inscribed on it — should be awarded . Three competing goddesses - Juno , Venus ... immortal costume , in order that he might decide which of them was " the fairest . " Each tried to bribe him to ...
الصفحة 15
... immortals alike brought their wedding gifts : Chiron the centaur ( " that divine beast , " as Pindar calls him ) comes from the mountains laden with coronals of flowers for the banquet , and Peneus , the Thessalian river - god , brings ...
... immortals alike brought their wedding gifts : Chiron the centaur ( " that divine beast , " as Pindar calls him ) comes from the mountains laden with coronals of flowers for the banquet , and Peneus , the Thessalian river - god , brings ...
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... immortal descent : Æneas was the son of Venus by a human lover , Anchises , and sprung from a branch of the royal house of Troy : Sarpedon's father was no less than Jupiter himself . Next after Hector , the most warlike , but not the ...
... immortal descent : Æneas was the son of Venus by a human lover , Anchises , and sprung from a branch of the royal house of Troy : Sarpedon's father was no less than Jupiter himself . Next after Hector , the most warlike , but not the ...
الصفحة 37
... Immortals of Olympus have some mysterious connection , which has been held to imply an Eastern origin for the Greek reli- gion and race . With the dawn of the twelfth morning , however , Thetis presents herself in the " brazen - floored ...
... Immortals of Olympus have some mysterious connection , which has been held to imply an Eastern origin for the Greek reli- gion and race . With the dawn of the twelfth morning , however , Thetis presents herself in the " brazen - floored ...
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Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Ajax the Greater Andromache Antilochus Apollo armour arms army arrow avenge battle beauty bids blood brave Briseis brother Calchas carried champion character chariot chief combat comrade counsel crown 8vo dead death Diomed Echepolus Edition enemy English eyes fate father favourite fierce fight galley give goddess gods Greece Greek hand heaven Hector Helen hero Homer honour horses host hurls husband Iliad immortal Jove Juno Jupiter king Laomedon legend Lycian medieval memnon Menelaus Minerva modern mortal mother mounts Myrmidons Neptune Nestor noble Odyssey Olympian Olympus once Pandarus Paris Patroclus poem poet popular Priam prize quarrel queen reader recognised remarkable romance round royal rushes scene shield ships shouts siege slain spear spirit stands Sthenelus story tale taste Teucer thee Thetis thou tion translation Trojan prince Troy Tydeus Ulysses Venus victory Vulcan walls warrior wife words wound wrath
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الصفحة 20 - Still strove to speak; my voice was thick with sighs, As in a dream. Dimly I could descry The stern black-bearded kings, with wolfish eyes, Waiting to see me die. "The tall masts quivered as they lay afloat, The temples and the people and the shore; One drew a sharp knife through my tender throat Slowly, — and — nothing more.
الصفحة 30 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
الصفحة 85 - Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, Scared at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest. With secret pleasure each fond parent smiled, And Hector hasted to relieve his child, The glittering terrors from his brows unbound, And placed the beaming helmet on the ground; Then kiss'd the child, and, lifting high in air, Thus to the gods preferr'da father's prayer: "O thou!
الصفحة 90 - Heaven permits, nor mine, though doubled now, To trample thee as mire ? for proof look up, And read thy lot in yon celestial sign. Where thou art weigh'd, and shown how light, how weak, If thou resist.
الصفحة 59 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
الصفحة 29 - Then shalt thou mourn the' affront thy madness gave, Forced to deplore, when impotent to save : Then rage in bitterness of soul, to know This act has made the bravest Greek thy foe.?
الصفحة 27 - Olympus' heights he passed^ his heart Burning with wrath ; behind his shoulders hung His bow, and ample quiver ; at his back Battled the fateful arrows as he moved ; Like the night-cloud he passed ; and from afar He bent against the ships, and sped the bolt ; And fierce and deadly twanged the silver bow. First on the mules and dogs, on man the last, Was poured the arrowy storm ; and through the camp, Constant and numerous, blazed the funeral fires.