The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3Bernard Lintot, 1725 - Epic poetry |
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... reprefents the year , his twelve children are the twelve months , fix of which are female , to denote thofe fix months in which the earth brings forth her fruits ; by his fix fons the other months are understood , in which the feed is ...
... reprefents the year , his twelve children are the twelve months , fix of which are female , to denote thofe fix months in which the earth brings forth her fruits ; by his fix fons the other months are understood , in which the feed is ...
Page 70
... reprefents a future ftate according to the notions which his age entertain'd of it , and this fufficiently juftifies him as a Poet , who is not obliged to write truths , but according to fame and common opinions . But to prove thefe ...
... reprefents a future ftate according to the notions which his age entertain'd of it , and this fufficiently juftifies him as a Poet , who is not obliged to write truths , but according to fame and common opinions . But to prove thefe ...
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... reprefents Elpener as a perfon of a mean character , and punishes his crime with fudden death , and disho- nour . I will only add that Virgil treads in the footsteps of Homer , and Mifenus in the Eneid , is the Elpenor of the Odyley ...
... reprefents Elpener as a perfon of a mean character , and punishes his crime with fudden death , and disho- nour . I will only add that Virgil treads in the footsteps of Homer , and Mifenus in the Eneid , is the Elpenor of the Odyley ...
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... reprefents the roaring of the fea in ftorms ; the Ram the milder appearance of it when in tranquility : the Boar was ufed by the Antients as an emblem of fecundity , to represent the fruitfulness of the Ocean . This particu Jar ...
... reprefents the roaring of the fea in ftorms ; the Ram the milder appearance of it when in tranquility : the Boar was ufed by the Antients as an emblem of fecundity , to represent the fruitfulness of the Ocean . This particu Jar ...
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... reprefents the labour of the Giants ftraining to shove Pelion upon Offa . Dacier remarks that Virgil follows the fituation of the mountains , without regarding the magnitude ; thus Pelion hes first on the north of Macedonia , Offa is ...
... reprefents the labour of the Giants ftraining to shove Pelion upon Offa . Dacier remarks that Virgil follows the fituation of the mountains , without regarding the magnitude ; thus Pelion hes first on the north of Macedonia , Offa is ...
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Alcinous almoſt anſwers Antients becauſe beſt call'd cauſe Charybdis Circe coaft companions confequently courſe Dacier death deſcends deſcribes deſcription dire divine dreadful Elpenor Epiſodes eſpecially Euftathius Eumans Eumaus Eurylochus Eurypylus Ev'n ev'ry expreſs fable faid fame fate feaſt fignifies firſt flain fleep foul gives Goddess Gods gueſt heav'n Hell herds Heroe Hiftory himſelf Homer honour Iliad inſtance Iſland Jove King laſt leſs moſt muſt night o'er obſerves Odyffey Odyssey Orchomenos paſſage perſon Phaacians pleaſing pleaſure Plutarch Poet Poetry pow'r preſent reaſon repreſented reſt riſe rocks roſe ſaid ſame ſays ſcene Scylla ſea ſee ſeems ſenſe ſet ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhews ſhip ſhore ſhort ſhould ſome ſpace ſpeaks ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtorms ſtory Strabo ſtranger ſubject ſuch ſuppoſed ſwift Symplegades Telemachus thee theſe thoſe thou thro tranſlated tranſport Ulyffes Ulyſſes uſed verſe veſſel Virgil whoſe winds woes words καὶ