Great Books of the Western World, Volume 4Robert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 - Literature |
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Page 22
... helmet of bronze to see which should take aim first . Meanwhile the two hosts lifted up their hands and prayed saying , " Father Jove , that rulest from Ida , most glorious in power , grant that he who first brought about this war be ...
... helmet of bronze to see which should take aim first . Meanwhile the two hosts lifted up their hands and prayed saying , " Father Jove , that rulest from Ida , most glorious in power , grant that he who first brought about this war be ...
Page 84
... helmet . The helmet did not pro- tect him , for the point of the spear went through it , and broke the bone , so that the brain inside was scattered about , and he died fighting . He then slew Pylon and Ormenus . Leonteus , of the race ...
... helmet . The helmet did not pro- tect him , for the point of the spear went through it , and broke the bone , so that the brain inside was scattered about , and he died fighting . He then slew Pylon and Ormenus . Leonteus , of the race ...
Page 94
... helmet from his head ; the helmet fell to the ground , and one of those who were fighting on the Achæan side took charge of it as it rolled at his feet , but the eyes of Deïpyrus were closed in the darkness of death . [ 582 ] On this ...
... helmet from his head ; the helmet fell to the ground , and one of those who were fighting on the Achæan side took charge of it as it rolled at his feet , but the eyes of Deïpyrus were closed in the darkness of death . [ 582 ] On this ...
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