The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Ingram, Cooke, and Company, 1853 - 664 pages |
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... Patroclus , Virgil has the same for Anchises ; and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his actions for those of Archemorus . If Ulysses visit the shades , the Eneas of Virgil and Scipio of Silius are sent after him ...
... Patroclus , Virgil has the same for Anchises ; and Statius ( rather than omit them ) destroys the unity of his actions for those of Archemorus . If Ulysses visit the shades , the Eneas of Virgil and Scipio of Silius are sent after him ...
Page 86
... in vengeance on my reeking blade . " At this they ceased : the stern debate expired : The chiefs in sullen majesty retired . 390 400 Achilles with Patroclus took his way Where near his tents 86 [ BOOK 1 . THE ILIAD .
... in vengeance on my reeking blade . " At this they ceased : the stern debate expired : The chiefs in sullen majesty retired . 390 400 Achilles with Patroclus took his way Where near his tents 86 [ BOOK 1 . THE ILIAD .
Page 87
Homer Theodore Alois Buckley. Achilles with Patroclus took his way Where near his tents his hollow vessels lay . Meantime Atrides launch'd with numerous oars A well - rigg'd ship for Chrysa's sacred shores : High on the deck was fair ...
Homer Theodore Alois Buckley. Achilles with Patroclus took his way Where near his tents his hollow vessels lay . Meantime Atrides launch'd with numerous oars A well - rigg'd ship for Chrysa's sacred shores : High on the deck was fair ...
Page 88
... Patroclus , haste , the fair Briseïs bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But witness , heralds , and proclaim my vow , Witness to gods above , and men below ! But first , and loudest , to your prince declare , ( That ...
... Patroclus , haste , the fair Briseïs bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But witness , heralds , and proclaim my vow , Witness to gods above , and men below ! But first , and loudest , to your prince declare , ( That ...
Page 260
... Patroclus slain ) Shall rise in vengeance , and lay waste the plain . For such is fate , nor canst thou turn its course With all thy rage , with all thy rebel force . Fly , if thou wilt , to earth's remotest bound , Where on her utmost ...
... Patroclus slain ) Shall rise in vengeance , and lay waste the plain . For such is fate , nor canst thou turn its course With all thy rage , with all thy rebel force . Fly , if thou wilt , to earth's remotest bound , Where on her utmost ...
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Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax armies arms Atrides bands battle beauteous behold bend beneath blood bold brave breast chariot chief combat command coursers crown'd daring dart descending Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus eyes fair falchion fame fate fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames force fury glory goddess godlike gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste heart heaven heavenly Hector heroes Homer honours host Idomeneus Iliad Ilion Ilion's immortal javelin Jove Juno king lance Lycian maid martial mighty Minerva monarch mortal Nestor night numbers o'er Pallas Paris pass'd Patroclus Peleus Phrygian plain poems poet press'd Priam Priam's prince prize proud Pylian race rage sacred Scamander shade shield shining ships shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds Sthenelus stood swift thee thou Thracian thunder Tlepolemus toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulysses Virgil walls warrior woes wound youth
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Page 91 - Nor was his name unheard or unadored In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 205 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 216 - Priam's hoary hairs defiled with gore, Not all my brothers gasping on the shore, As thine, Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling, weeping, captive led ! In Argive looms our battles to design, And woes, of which so large a part was thine ! To bear the victor's hard commands, or bring The weight of waters from Hyperia's spring. There, while you groan beneath the load of life, They cry, Behold the mighty Hector's wife...
Page 258 - Gleam on the walls, and tremble on the spires. A thousand piles the dusky horrors gild, And shoot a shady lustre o'er the field. Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend, Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send; Loud neigh the coursers o'ar their heaps of corn, And ardent warriors wait the rising morn.
Page 47 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work ; Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty; Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil bestows with «a careful magnificence...
Page 215 - Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all, in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : O prove a husband's and a father's care ! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon...
Page 63 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose: but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 72 - But to resume whate'er thy avarice craves (That trick of tyrants) may be borne by slaves. Yet if our chief for plunder only fight, The spoils of Ilion shall thy loss requite, Whene'er, by Jove's decree, our conquering powers Shall humble to the dust her lofty towers.
Page 82 - The Greeks in shouts their joint assent declare, The priest to reverence, and release the fair. Not so Atrides: he, with kingly pride...
Page 133 - No wonder, such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms! What winning graces! what majestic mien! She moves a Goddess, and she looks a Queen. Yet hence, oh Heav'n! convey that fatal face, And from destruction save the Trojan race.