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Page 168
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector compara- tively feeble ; his courage far below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his conqueror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would ...
... Priam are weak ; the arms of Hector compara- tively feeble ; his courage far below that of Achilles . Yet we love Priam more than Agamemnon , and Hector more than his conqueror Achilles . Admiration is the passion which Homer would ...
Page 176
... Priam and the old men of his coun cil , is generally thought to give us the highest possible idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νέμεσις , Τρῷας καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδας Αχαιούς , Τοιῇ δ ̓ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν ' Αἰνῶς δ ̓ ἀθανάτῃσι ...
... Priam and the old men of his coun cil , is generally thought to give us the highest possible idea of that fatal beauty . Οὐ νέμεσις , Τρῷας καὶ ἐϋκνήμιδας Αχαιούς , Τοιῇ δ ̓ ἀμφὶ γυναικὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἄλγεα πάσχειν ' Αἰνῶς δ ̓ ἀθανάτῃσι ...
Page 179
... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very moving ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fœdantem quos ipse ...
... Priam dragged to the altar's foot , and there murdered , if it were well executed , would undoubtedly be very moving ; but there are very aggravating circumstances , which it could never represent : Sanguine fœdantem quos ipse ...
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