The Story of the IliadMacmillan, 1891 - 314 páginas |
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... saying : - Loose , I pray you , my dear daughter , and take the ransom for her ; so may the gods that dwell in Olympus grant you to take the city of Troy , and to have safe return to your homes . " Then all the others spake him fair ...
... saying : - Loose , I pray you , my dear daughter , and take the ransom for her ; so may the gods that dwell in Olympus grant you to take the city of Troy , and to have safe return to your homes . " Then all the others spake him fair ...
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... saying that I favour the men of Troy in the battle . Therefore do thou get thee away , that she know not of thy coming ; and I will consider how this thing may be best accomplished . And now I will assure my promise with a nod ; for ...
... saying that I favour the men of Troy in the battle . Therefore do thou get thee away , that she know not of thy coming ; and I will consider how this thing may be best accomplished . And now I will assure my promise with a nod ; for ...
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... saying : " This indeed will be a grievous business , if ye two come to strife for the sake of mortal men , and make trouble among the gods . If such ill counsels prevail , what pleasure shall we have in our feasting ? Now will I advise ...
... saying : " This indeed will be a grievous business , if ye two come to strife for the sake of mortal men , and make trouble among the gods . If such ill counsels prevail , what pleasure shall we have in our feasting ? Now will I advise ...
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... saying one to his neighbour : " Often hath Ulysses done well , but never better than now , when he hath stopped this babbler's tongue . He will not rail against the kings again . " Then Ulysses stood up to speak , holding the sceptre in ...
... saying one to his neighbour : " Often hath Ulysses done well , but never better than now , when he hath stopped this babbler's tongue . He will not rail against the kings again . " Then Ulysses stood up to speak , holding the sceptre in ...
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... saying that I shall not long look upon the shining of the sun . " So he prayed , and Athené heard ; and she made light his hands and his feet , and stood beside him , and spake : " Be bold now , O Athené roused Diomed to batt fire shine ...
... saying that I shall not long look upon the shining of the sun . " So he prayed , and Athené heard ; and she made light his hands and his feet , and stood beside him , and spake : " Be bold now , O Athené roused Diomed to batt fire shine ...
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Achilles Æneas Ajax the Greater aloud Andromaché answered Antilochus Aphrodité Apollo arms arrow Asius Athené Atreus bade battle bravest breast bronze brother cast his spear chariot chiefs city of Troy comrades counsel cried daughter dead death Deïphobus Diomed Edition fair Father Zeus fear feast fell fight fire fled gates gave gifts give Glaucus goddess gold Greeks hand hath heart Hector Helen helmet Hephæstus Hera herald honour horses host Idomeneus Illustrations immortal gods King Agamemnon King Priam leapt lest Lycians men of Troy Menelaüs mighty mother Myrmidons Nestor Olympus Pandarus Paris Patroclus Peleus perish prayed ransom rushed Sarpedon saying shield ships slain slay slew smote sons of Troy sore spake spoil Sthenelus stood Story Surely sword tent Teucer thee Thetis thou art thou hast thou wilt took Trojans Tydeus Ulysses Verily wall wife wounded wrath wroth Zeus
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Página 255 - Thrice, great Achilles, hast thou pursued me round the walls of Troy, and I dared not stand up against thee ; but now I fear thee no more. Only let us make this covenant between us : if Zeus give me the victory, I will do no dishonor to thy body ; thy arms and- armor will I take, and give back thy body to the Greeks ; and do thou promise to do likewise.