The Argonautics, tr. into Engl. verse with notes by W. Preston, Հատոր 3 |
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... future conduct . Phabus encouraged him , to proceed on the voyage , when he should have assem- bled round him , all the choice and prime of Greece . The names of the heroes were , Tiphys , the son of Hagnias , on whom the Argonauts ...
... future conduct . Phabus encouraged him , to proceed on the voyage , when he should have assem- bled round him , all the choice and prime of Greece . The names of the heroes were , Tiphys , the son of Hagnias , on whom the Argonauts ...
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... future navigation , Phineus pro- fest himself willing to instruct them , in these particu- lars , provided they would engage , in return , to deliver him from the persecution of the harpies . To this they agreed ; and having laid out ...
... future navigation , Phineus pro- fest himself willing to instruct them , in these particu- lars , provided they would engage , in return , to deliver him from the persecution of the harpies . To this they agreed ; and having laid out ...
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... future voyage . In particular , he warned them of the danger they must incur , in passing . the Symplegades . - These were rocks , of very great size , and unfixed in the sea , which being agitated by the winds , clashed together , and ...
... future voyage . In particular , he warned them of the danger they must incur , in passing . the Symplegades . - These were rocks , of very great size , and unfixed in the sea , which being agitated by the winds , clashed together , and ...
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... future warfare , against the persecutor of her family , hanged herself . Pelias put the child also to death ; and thought himself secured against all danger from the family . When , behold Fason returned , in triumph , with the golden ...
... future warfare , against the persecutor of her family , hanged herself . Pelias put the child also to death ; and thought himself secured against all danger from the family . When , behold Fason returned , in triumph , with the golden ...
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... future sove- reign of the country . - Ptolemy Physcon . - Callimachus , and the other Alexandrine poets , might have had access to the treasures of the sacred scriptures , through the medium of the Greek translation ; and thus obtained ...
... future sove- reign of the country . - Ptolemy Physcon . - Callimachus , and the other Alexandrine poets , might have had access to the treasures of the sacred scriptures , through the medium of the Greek translation ; and thus obtained ...
Common terms and phrases
Absyrtus admirable Adriatic sea adventurers Æneas Æneid Alexandria Amycus ancient Apollonius and Virgil Apollonius Rhodius appears Argo Argonautic expedition Argonauts artifice bard beauty Book called Callimachus celebrated cesura character circumstances Colchians Colchis course Danube degree deities Dido divine Eetes Egypt Egyptian elegant embellishment essay exhibit exquisite fable father feelings genius geography golden fleece grace Grecian Greece Greeks gulf of Genoa Hercules heroes heroic ages Hesperides Homer human imitation interest introduced Iolcus island Jason king learned lonius manners Medea ment mind narrative nature noble nymphs object observed origin Orpheus particular passages passions Pelias Phineus poem poet poetical poetry possessed prince prodigies produced Ptolemy reader refined regions respect Rhone rites rivers romantic sailed seems sentiment ship sion society solemn spirit story strain sublime supposed talent taste tender tion Trojan Troy verse versification vessel Virgil voyage writers δε
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Էջ 205 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Էջ 231 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Էջ 133 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Էջ 205 - Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nee magnos metuent armenta leones ; ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores. Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni occidet ; Assyrium vulgo nascetur amomum.
Էջ 276 - And they came unto the brook of Eshcol and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Էջ 193 - Nox erat, et terras animalia fessa per omnes Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat: Cum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, Procubuit, seramque dedit per membra quietem.
Էջ 219 - ... evidently, affect us not in proportion to those of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike : even that of Turnus...
Էջ 192 - Tempus erat, quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.
Էջ 120 - ... and generosity of private persons afforded. The same spirit of enterprise which had prompted so many gentlemen to take arms in defence of the oppressed pilgrims in Palestine, incited others to declare themselves the patrons and avengers of injured innocence at home. When the final reduction of the Holy Land under the dominion of Infidels put an end to these foreign expeditions, the latter was the only employment left for the activity and courage of adventurers. To check the insolence of overgrown...
Էջ 197 - Alma parens, confessa deam, qualisque videri Caelicolis et quanta solet ; dextraque prehensum Continuit, roseoque haec insuper addidit ore: 'Nate, quis indomitas tantus dolor excitat iras?