The similes of Homer's Iliad, tr. with intr. and notes by W.C. Green1877 |
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... give briefly and plainly . " And first as to the use of homely and familiar images . This feature , common to the Biblical poetry and Homer , might be illustrated by examples to any extent . Images from ploughing , sowing , reaping ...
... give briefly and plainly . " And first as to the use of homely and familiar images . This feature , common to the Biblical poetry and Homer , might be illustrated by examples to any extent . Images from ploughing , sowing , reaping ...
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... give two similes , which , though in no way borrowed , are Homeric in style . Milton compares Satan " Satan " prone on the flood extended long and large " to That sea beast Leviathan , which God of all his works Created hugest that swim ...
... give two similes , which , though in no way borrowed , are Homeric in style . Milton compares Satan " Satan " prone on the flood extended long and large " to That sea beast Leviathan , which God of all his works Created hugest that swim ...
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... give briefly , in some cases , the attendant cir- cumstances , the framework in which the picture is set : for without this it cannot always be appreciated , and the incidents of the Iliad are not in every one's memory : to illustrate ...
... give briefly , in some cases , the attendant cir- cumstances , the framework in which the picture is set : for without this it cannot always be appreciated , and the incidents of the Iliad are not in every one's memory : to illustrate ...
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... gives ; so o'er the field Bright Ajax rushed , and routed horse and man . XLVI Ajax retires slowly . And now the father Zeus enthroned on high In Ajax roused a panic fear . He stood Astounded , and behind him cast his targe Of sevenfold ...
... gives ; so o'er the field Bright Ajax rushed , and routed horse and man . XLVI Ajax retires slowly . And now the father Zeus enthroned on high In Ajax roused a panic fear . He stood Astounded , and behind him cast his targe Of sevenfold ...
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... give place : - So Hector moved and turned him in the throng , And urged his comrades on to cross the trench . XLVIII Two Warriors keep the Gate . Before the lofty gates the champions twain Stood , as two oaks upon the mountain stand ...
... give place : - So Hector moved and turned him in the throng , And urged his comrades on to cross the trench . XLVIII Two Warriors keep the Gate . Before the lofty gates the champions twain Stood , as two oaks upon the mountain stand ...
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