The Iliad of HomerT. Allman, 1846 - 504 pages |
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Page 90
... javelin shakes . With equal speed , and fired by equal charms , The Spartan hero sheaths his limbs in arms . Now round the lists th ' admiring armies stand , With javelius fix'd , the Greek and Trojan band . Amidst the dreadful vale ...
... javelin shakes . With equal speed , and fired by equal charms , The Spartan hero sheaths his limbs in arms . Now round the lists th ' admiring armies stand , With javelius fix'd , the Greek and Trojan band . Amidst the dreadful vale ...
Page 91
... javelin sent , Through Paris ' shield the forceful weapon went , 440 His corslet pierces , and his garment rends , And glancing downward , near his flank descends . The wary Trojan , bending from the blow , Eludes the death , and ...
... javelin sent , Through Paris ' shield the forceful weapon went , 440 His corslet pierces , and his garment rends , And glancing downward , near his flank descends . The wary Trojan , bending from the blow , Eludes the death , and ...
Page 109
... javelin reach'd the hero's heart . His flank , unguarded by his ample shield , Admits the lance : he falls , and spurns the field ; 535 The nerves unbraced support his limbs no more ; The soul comes floating in a tide of gore . Trojans ...
... javelin reach'd the hero's heart . His flank , unguarded by his ample shield , Admits the lance : he falls , and spurns the field ; 535 The nerves unbraced support his limbs no more ; The soul comes floating in a tide of gore . Trojans ...
Page 110
... javelin as it flew . A chief stood nigh , who from Abydos came , Old Priam's son , Democoön was his name ; The weapon enter'd close above his ear , Cold through his temples glides the whizzing spear ; With piercing shrieks the youth ...
... javelin as it flew . A chief stood nigh , who from Abydos came , Old Priam's son , Democoön was his name ; The weapon enter'd close above his ear , Cold through his temples glides the whizzing spear ; With piercing shrieks the youth ...
Page 119
... javelin drove from back to breast . In dust the mighty Halizonian lay , His arms resound , the spirit wings its way . Thy fate was next , O Phæstus ! doom'd to feel 55 The great Idomeneus ' protended steel ; 46. The retreat of Mars from ...
... javelin drove from back to breast . In dust the mighty Halizonian lay , His arms resound , the spirit wings its way . Thy fate was next , O Phæstus ! doom'd to feel 55 The great Idomeneus ' protended steel ; 46. The retreat of Mars from ...
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Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides bands battle behold beneath blood bold brave brazen breast chariot chief combat command coursers crown'd dare dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful E'en Eurypylus eyes falchion fall fame fate fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies force fury glorious glory goddess godlike gods gore grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste heaps heart heaven Hector hero Homer honours host Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove Jove's Juno Jupiter king lance Lycian martial Menelaus mighty monarch mortal Nestor numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phoebus pierced plain poet Polydamas press'd Priam prince prize proud race rage rise sacred shade shield shining ships shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke stand steeds stern stood swift Teucer thee Thetis thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulysses walls warrior wound youth