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" Eurystheus' ire Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's youth conspicuous far In every virtue, or of peace or war: But doom'd to Hector's stronger... "
The Greek tragic theatre: containing Æschylus by dr. Potter, Sophocles by ... - Page 453
by Greek tragic theatre - 1809
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Suppliants. Iphigenia in Aulis. Iphigenia in Tauris. Rhesus. Trojan captives ...

Euripides - 1809 - 544 pages
...the following passage in the fifteenth book of " Homer's Iliad, v. 639, fiXov ifl of Evpt<cftio; " The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire " Against Alcides, Copreus was his Sire. ' P0PE. IOLAUS. This ne'er shall be Long as I live. COPREUS. Depart, for I will seize them 'Gainst...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 41

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 344 pages
...he seiz'd, and slew: Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire : 12 The son redecm'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his...
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The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2

Homer - 1822 - 342 pages
...he seiz'd, and slew: Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame; The minister of stern Eurystheus* ire, Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire : The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 348 pages
...seized, and slew : Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame ; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides ; Copreus was his sire : The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base ; O'er all his country's...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ...: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...seized, and slew : Mycenian Periplies, a mighty name, 77» In wisdom great, in arms welt known to fame ; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base ; /75 O'er all his...
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Translation of the Iliad of Homer

Homer - 1849 - 582 pages
...seized and slew: Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, 770 In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's...
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The Iliad, tr. by Pope

Homerus - 1870 - 552 pages
...seized, and slew. 770 Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame ; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeemed the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base ; 775 O'er all his...
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Homer's Iliad

Homer - 1877 - 558 pages
...seized and slew: Mycenian Periphes, a mighty name, 770 In wisdom great, in arms well known to fame; The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides, Copreus was his sire: The son redeemed the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...seiz'd, and slew. Mycenean Periphes, a mighty name, 770 lu wisdom great, in arms well-known to fame: The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides; Copreus was his sire: The son redeem'd the houours of the race, A son as gen'rous as the sire was base; O'er all his country's...
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The Iliad of Homer

Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1909 - 630 pages
...seiz'd, and slew. Mycenean Periphes, a mighty name, 770 In wisdom great, in arms well-known to fame : The minister of stern Eurystheus' ire, Against Alcides ; Copreus was his sire : The son redeem'd the honours of the race, A son as generous as the sire was base ; 775 O'er all his...
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