The Iliad and Odyssey [and The battle of the frogs and mice] tr. into Engl. blank verse by W. Cowper, Volume 31809 |
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... ancient of the poets , was the first also to censure this egre- gious folly . - C . † Argus , the son of Arestor , was called the Toλuouμaros núwv or dog with many eyes , on account of the vigilance with which he guarded Io the daughter ...
... ancient of the poets , was the first also to censure this egre- gious folly . - C . † Argus , the son of Arestor , was called the Toλuouμaros núwv or dog with many eyes , on account of the vigilance with which he guarded Io the daughter ...
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... ancient dame , Oft as strength fails him , while he creeps and toils Among his vines , with food and drink supplied . But I have come drawn hither by report , Which spake thy sire arriv'd , though still it seems The adverse Gods his ...
... ancient dame , Oft as strength fails him , while he creeps and toils Among his vines , with food and drink supplied . But I have come drawn hither by report , Which spake thy sire arriv'd , though still it seems The adverse Gods his ...
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... ancient father in his fields . Yet he forgat not , father as he was * Eustathius remarks it as a symptom , that the poet himself was also an orator , and knew how difficult a young man must find it to open a debate by speaking first in ...
... ancient father in his fields . Yet he forgat not , father as he was * Eustathius remarks it as a symptom , that the poet himself was also an orator , and knew how difficult a young man must find it to open a debate by speaking first in ...
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... ancients , to introduce the image of Themis into all their public assemblies , -C . as the representative of peace and justice . The word revenue is very nearly a literal translation of the original word gitariv , which Barnes , and ...
... ancients , to introduce the image of Themis into all their public assemblies , -C . as the representative of peace and justice . The word revenue is very nearly a literal translation of the original word gitariv , which Barnes , and ...
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... ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my sex , Should he , so wealthy , want at last a shroud . So spake the queen , and ...
... ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my sex , Should he , so wealthy , want at last a shroud . So spake the queen , and ...
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abode Achaia's Ægisthus Alcinous ancient Antilochus Antinoüs approach'd arriv'd Atrides bade banquet bard bark behold beneath beside call'd Calypso ceas'd charg'd chief Circe Clytemnestra crew Cyclops daughter death Deep Demodocus divine dread Eurylochus Eurymachus Eustathius ev'ry eyes falchion father feast fill'd flocks flood friends galley Goddess godlike Gods Greecians guest hands hast hath heart Heav'n herald hero Homer Icarius Ilium illustrious immortal isle Ithaca Jove king Laertes land Laodamas length lest libation Lotophagi Mean-time Menelaus Minerva native shores Nausicaa Neleus Neptune Nestor night noble num'rous nymph o'er oars once palace Pallas pass'd Penelope perish'd Phæacia's sons Phæacians Pisistratus plac'd poet pow'r pray'r prepar'd Pylus reach'd receiv'd renown'd replied return'd rock sable saying seiz'd ship side sire slain sleep slew sorrow Sov'reign spake stood stranger suitors Telemachus thee thence thine thou shalt thyself Tiresias toils Troy Ulysses urg'd waves wine woes youth