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 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