The similes of Homer's Iliad, tr. with intr. and notes by W.C. Green1877 |
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... warriors fight and rage as beasts fight and rage , as fire , as flood , & c .: there are hardly any homely similes in Spenser , hardly any similes from scenes which contrast with what is in hand . Dignity is kept up throughout , but ...
... warriors fight and rage as beasts fight and rage , as fire , as flood , & c .: there are hardly any homely similes in Spenser , hardly any similes from scenes which contrast with what is in hand . Dignity is kept up throughout , but ...
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... common strife Plunged in the throng , and swelled the warriors ' groans . But when upon one field the armies closed , σύν ρ ̓ ἔβαλον ῥινοὺς , σὺν δ ' ἔγχεα , G. 7 TRANSLATED . 49 Nor pause between, the Danaans moved to war. ...
... common strife Plunged in the throng , and swelled the warriors ' groans . But when upon one field the armies closed , σύν ρ ̓ ἔβαλον ῥινοὺς , σὺν δ ' ἔγχεα , G. 7 TRANSLATED . 49 Nor pause between, the Danaans moved to war. ...
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... Warrior . Young Simoisius in the dust down fell Upon the ground ; ev'n as a poplar falls , That in a meadow of some wide fen grows Smooth - stemmed , whose boughs are clustered on its head , - And this some chariot - framer with bright ...
... Warrior . Young Simoisius in the dust down fell Upon the ground ; ev'n as a poplar falls , That in a meadow of some wide fen grows Smooth - stemmed , whose boughs are clustered on its head , - And this some chariot - framer with bright ...
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... Warriors keep the Gate . Before the lofty gates the champions twain Stood , as two oaks upon the mountain stand Rearing their heads on high , that through all time Bide brunt of wind and rain , by mighty roots Far spreading through the ...
... Warriors keep the Gate . Before the lofty gates the champions twain Stood , as two oaks upon the mountain stand Rearing their heads on high , that through all time Bide brunt of wind and rain , by mighty roots Far spreading through the ...
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... warrior Ajax pair Dead Imbrius bore , and spoiled him of his arms . LVIII Idomeneus to the Rescue . He donned his armour fair , two spears he took , Then went his way , like to the lightning flash , That in his hand the son of Cronos ...
... warrior Ajax pair Dead Imbrius bore , and spoiled him of his arms . LVIII Idomeneus to the Rescue . He donned his armour fair , two spears he took , Then went his way , like to the lightning flash , That in his hand the son of Cronos ...
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