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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... called the Toλuouμaros núwv or dog with many eyes , on account of the vigilance with which he guarded Io the daughter of Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he ...
... called the Toλuouμaros núwv or dog with many eyes , on account of the vigilance with which he guarded Io the daughter of Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he ...
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... called Lepreos , at the distance of forty stadia from the sea . In the midway between Lepreos and Annios stood the temple of Samian Neptune , distant a hundred stadia from each . At that temple it was , that Telemachus found the Pylians ...
... called Lepreos , at the distance of forty stadia from the sea . In the midway between Lepreos and Annios stood the temple of Samian Neptune , distant a hundred stadia from each . At that temple it was , that Telemachus found the Pylians ...
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... : O Menelaus ! Heav'n - descended chief ! * From a handmaid called Teridaë , by whom he had also a son- named Nicostratus . - B . & C. VOL . I. G Two guests arrive , both strangers , but alike Resembling ODYSSEY IV . 9-32 . 91.
... : O Menelaus ! Heav'n - descended chief ! * From a handmaid called Teridaë , by whom he had also a son- named Nicostratus . - B . & C. VOL . I. G Two guests arrive , both strangers , but alike Resembling ODYSSEY IV . 9-32 . 91.
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... called electrun , or gold containing a fifth part of silver . But we have no English term by which to express such a metal ; I have therefore given the gold the attribute of superiour brilliancy ascribed by Pliny to that mixture , and ...
... called electrun , or gold containing a fifth part of silver . But we have no English term by which to express such a metal ; I have therefore given the gold the attribute of superiour brilliancy ascribed by Pliny to that mixture , and ...
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... B . & C. The Gyra were rocks situate very near to the island Myconos , and were so called because they threw the water into whirlpools.— B. & C. His trident , and the huge Gyræan rock Smiting indignant 108 ODYSSEY IV . 595-609 .
... B . & C. The Gyra were rocks situate very near to the island Myconos , and were so called because they threw the water into whirlpools.— B. & C. His trident , and the huge Gyræan rock Smiting indignant 108 ODYSSEY IV . 595-609 .
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