The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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Homer. Six blooming youths , in private grandeur bred , And fix fair daughters , grac'd the royal bed : Thefe to juftify thefe incidents : A Poet , fays that Author , ought to pre- fer things impoffible , provided they are probable ...
Homer. Six blooming youths , in private grandeur bred , And fix fair daughters , grac'd the royal bed : Thefe to juftify thefe incidents : A Poet , fays that Author , ought to pre- fer things impoffible , provided they are probable ...
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... Homer had establifh'd them , and brought them into fame , fo that Virgil had common opinion to vindicate him , join'd with Homer's authority . 66 v . 1. We reach'd Eolia's fhore . ] It is difficult to diftinguish what is truth from what ...
... Homer had establifh'd them , and brought them into fame , fo that Virgil had common opinion to vindicate him , join'd with Homer's authority . 66 v . 1. We reach'd Eolia's fhore . ] It is difficult to diftinguish what is truth from what ...
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Homer. All day they feaft , all day the bowls flow round , 10 And joy and mufic thro ' the Isle refound : At as Atlas from his knowledge in Aftrology was faid to sustain the heavens ; fo olas , from his experience and obfervation , was ...
Homer. All day they feaft , all day the bowls flow round , 10 And joy and mufic thro ' the Isle refound : At as Atlas from his knowledge in Aftrology was faid to sustain the heavens ; fo olas , from his experience and obfervation , was ...
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... Homer fays of the bag where- in Eolus inclofed the winds . Cap . 7. Tapi v ↓ s . 1.3 . A floating fle- - ] The word in the orginal is Th : fome take it , as Euftathius remarks , for a proper name ; but Ariftarchus believes Homer ...
... Homer fays of the bag where- in Eolus inclofed the winds . Cap . 7. Tapi v ↓ s . 1.3 . A floating fle- - ] The word in the orginal is Th : fome take it , as Euftathius remarks , for a proper name ; but Ariftarchus believes Homer ...
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Homer. 15 Full oft the Monarch urg'd me to relate The fall of Ilion , and the Grecian fate ; Full oft I told : At length for parting mov'd ; The King with mighty gifts my suit approv❜d . The adverse winds in leathern bags he brac'd , zo ...
Homer. 15 Full oft the Monarch urg'd me to relate The fall of Ilion , and the Grecian fate ; Full oft I told : At length for parting mov'd ; The King with mighty gifts my suit approv❜d . The adverse winds in leathern bags he brac'd , zo ...
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Alcinous Anticlea Antients becauſe breaft caft call'd Charybdis Cimmerians Circe coaft companions confequently Dacier darkneſs death defcends defcribes defcription dire divine dreadful Epic Poetry Euftathius Eumans Eumaus Eurylochus Eurypylus ev'ry exprefs fable facred fafe faid fame fate fays feaft feem felf fenfe fhade fhall fhews fhip fhore fhould fignifies filence firft firſt flain fleep fome foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftory fuch gives Goddeſs Gods heav'n Hell herds Herodotus Heroe Hiftory himſelf Homer honour Ifland Iliad infernal inftance Jove King land Lipara loft moſt muſt Neptune night o'er obferves occafion Odyffey Orchomenos paffage perfon Phaacians Phorcys pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry pow'r prefent reafon reft reprefents rife rocks Scylla ſhe ſhore ſpeaks Strabo Symplegades Telegonus Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Tirefias tranflated Ulyffes Ulyſſes underſtood uſed veffel verfe verſes Virgil whofe wife winds Wiſdom woes words καὶ