Homer's Iliad, Volume 2C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1846 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Achaia's host Achilles address'd Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus Apollo armor arms Asius Atrides battle beauteous beautiful bold Book bosom brave brazen breast chariot chief cloud combat corse coursers cruel dead death Deiphobus direful dreadful e'en earth Eustathius fate father fell fierce fight flew fury glorious glory goddess godlike gods Grecian Greece Greeks grief ground hand heart heaven Hector hero Homer honor Idomeneus ILIAD Ilion immortal javelin Jove Jove's Juno Jupiter king lance lofty Lycians Mars Menelaus Merion mighty mind Minerva mortal mournful Myrmidons Neptune o'er Patroclus Peleus Pelides poet Polydamas Pope Pope's note Priam prowess quoted by Cowper rage rais'd rush'd Sarpedon says Scamander Scholiast shield ships sire slain slay slew smote sons sorrow spake spear steeds stern stood strength swift tent Teucer thee Thetis thou hast Trojan host Trojans Troy turn'd Ulysses valiant valor warlike warrior words wound wrath youth
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