The Iliad of Homer, Volume 5Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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... rage your arms employ , And fave Patroclus from the dogs of Troy . 301 Oilean Ajax first the voice obey'd , Swift was his pace and ready was his aid ; Next him Idomeneus , more flow with age , 305 And Merion , burning with a hero's rage ...
... rage your arms employ , And fave Patroclus from the dogs of Troy . 301 Oilean Ajax first the voice obey'd , Swift was his pace and ready was his aid ; Next him Idomeneus , more flow with age , 305 And Merion , burning with a hero's rage ...
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... rage of Ajax Telamon . ( Ajax to Peleus ' fon the second name , In graceful ftature next , and next in fame . ) With headlong force the foremost ranks he tore ; 330 So thro ' the thicket burfts the mountain - boar , . 318. Jove pouring ...
... rage of Ajax Telamon . ( Ajax to Peleus ' fon the second name , In graceful ftature next , and next in fame . ) With headlong force the foremost ranks he tore ; 330 So thro ' the thicket burfts the mountain - boar , . 318. Jove pouring ...
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... rage , fuch horrour reign'd ; 460 Such , Jove to honour the great dead ordain'd . Achilles in his fhips at diftance lay , Nor knew the fatal fortune of the day ; He , yet unconscious of Patroclus ' fall , In duft extended under Ilion's ...
... rage , fuch horrour reign'd ; 460 Such , Jove to honour the great dead ordain'd . Achilles in his fhips at diftance lay , Nor knew the fatal fortune of the day ; He , yet unconscious of Patroclus ' fall , In duft extended under Ilion's ...
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... rage could tame , But now Patroclus is an empty name ! To thee I yield the feat , to thee refign 545 The ruling charge : the task of fight be mine . He faid . Alcimedon , with active heat , Snatches the reins , and vaults into the feat ...
... rage could tame , But now Patroclus is an empty name ! To thee I yield the feat , to thee refign 545 The ruling charge : the task of fight be mine . He faid . Alcimedon , with active heat , Snatches the reins , and vaults into the feat ...
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... rage : force to prove 580 Yet mighty as they are , my Is only mine : th ' event belongs to Jove . 584 He spoke , and high the founding jav'lin flung , Which pafs'd the shield of Aretus the young ; It pierc'd his belt , embofs'd with ...
... rage : force to prove 580 Yet mighty as they are , my Is only mine : th ' event belongs to Jove . 584 He spoke , and high the founding jav'lin flung , Which pafs'd the shield of Aretus the young ; It pierc'd his belt , embofs'd with ...
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Achilles Achilles's Æneas againſt Ajax anſwer Antilochus Apollo armour arms Atrides battle becauſe befide brave breaſt cauſe chariot cloſe Dacier darkneſs dead death defcend defcribed deſcription dreadful Eneas Euftathius Euphorbus eyes facred faid fame fate fays feems fent fhall fhew fhould fide field fight filver fince fire firſt flain flies fome forrow fpear fpeech ftand ftill fubject fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Greece Greeks hand heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer horſes Iliad Ilion itſelf Jove Juno Jupiter Laomedon laſt Lycaon Menelaus mortal moſt muſt Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poet pow'rs prefent preferves Priam rage raiſed reafon repreſented rife round ruſhing ſaid ſay Scamander ſcene ſhall ſhe ſhining ſhore ſkies ſome ſpeak ſpear ſpread ſtand ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtream terrour thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tremble Trojan Troy uſe Virgil Vulcan warriour whofe whoſe Xanthus
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Page 54 - be it then thy care, With Merion's aid, the weighty corse to rear ; Myself and my bold brother will sustain The shock of Hector and his charging train : Nor fear we armies, fighting side by side ; What Troy can dare, we have already tried — Have tried it, and have stood.
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Page 81 - Struck from the walls, the echoes float on high, And the round bulwarks and thick towers reply ; So high his brazen voice the hero rear'd, Hosts...
Page 227 - Shall lay this dreadful hero in the dust, Let then the furies of that arm be known, Secure no Grecian force transcends thy own.' With that, he left him wondering as he lay, Then from Achilles...
Page 173 - The first, the dearest partner of his love; That rites divine should ratify the band, And make me empress in his native land. Accept these grateful tears! for thee they flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe!
Page 279 - His shield, a broad circumference, he bore. Then, graceful, as he stood in act to throw The lifted javelin, thus...
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Page 168 - The scale of conquest ever wavering lies, Great Jove but turns it, and the victor dies ! The great, the bold, by thousands daily fall, And endless were the grief to weep for all. Eternal sorrows what avails to shed? Greece...
Page 254 - Neptune, and the blue-eyed maid. Stay, and the furious flood shall cease to rave Tis not thy fate to glut his angry wave. But thou, the counsel heaven suggests, attend!