Homer and His InfluenceLongmans, Green and Company, 1931 - 169 Seiten |
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... Zeus has given dominion , " and Helen's description of Agamemnon as " both a good king and a mighty warrior " has been the ideal of aspiring princes . When Agamemnon saw that Menelaus had been shot , in violation of the truce , he ex ...
... Zeus has given dominion , " and Helen's description of Agamemnon as " both a good king and a mighty warrior " has been the ideal of aspiring princes . When Agamemnon saw that Menelaus had been shot , in violation of the truce , he ex ...
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... Zeus uttered the amazingly frank statement : " There is nothing more wretched than man , nothing of all the things which breathe and move on the face of the earth . " This senti- ment is very like the words of Achilles : " The gods have ...
... Zeus uttered the amazingly frank statement : " There is nothing more wretched than man , nothing of all the things which breathe and move on the face of the earth . " This senti- ment is very like the words of Achilles : " The gods have ...
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... Zeus , and Athena ; but the real test of this self - confidence is found when he undertakes to compose the song sung by the Sirens . Circe had warned Odysseus that he must hasten by the Sirens , since they charm all men who come near ...
... Zeus , and Athena ; but the real test of this self - confidence is found when he undertakes to compose the song sung by the Sirens . Circe had warned Odysseus that he must hasten by the Sirens , since they charm all men who come near ...
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Achilles actors Aeneas Aeneid Agamemnon Ajax ancient Andromache anger archer Aristotle armor artist Athena beauty Briseis century Chapman characters Cicero Circe civilization companions Comus contest creation criticism dactyls death Diomede divine Dryden early English Ennius epic cycle epic poetry familiar famous father fire genius glory gods Greece Greek Hector Helen Hellas hence Hephaestus hero heroic Hesiod hexameter Homeric poems Homeric poetry Homeric verse honor Horace Iliad influence of Homer Italy JOHN knowledge of Homer language Latin literary literature Maeonides melody Menelaus meter Milton native Nestor never Odyssey Olympus original Paradise Lost Paris passages Patroclus Petrarch poet poetic poetry of Homer Pope Pope's prose Proteus quotations quoted referred regarding Roman Rome scene scholars seems Shakespeare single Sirens song Sophocles speech story tells Tennyson theme theology things thou tion tradition translation Trojans Troy Ulysses University Virgil Walter Leaf WILLIAM words wrath writings wrote Zeus