The Iliad of Homer, Volume 2Charles Rivington, 1760 |
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Achilles Æneas Æneid affiftance againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache anſwer armies arms Atrides battle beauty becauſe brave breaſt cauſe chariot chief circumftance combat compariſon Dacier defign deſcribed Diomed Euftathius ev'ry facred faid fame fate fays fecond feems fhall fhews fide field fight fimile fingle firft firſt flain fome fpear fpeech fuch fuperiour gen'rous glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks heav'n Hector Helen Helenus heroes himſelf Homer honour horſes hoſt Iliad Jove Jupiter juſt King laſt leſs Lycian Mars Menelaus Minerva moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er obferve occafion paffage paffion Pallas Pandarus Paris perfons plain Poet pow'r praiſe preſent Priam Prince rage raiſe reaſon Scamander ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſome ſpeaks ſpear ſpoke Spondanus ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood ſtrength thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflated Trojan Trojan war Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes uſe Venus Virgil warriour whofe whoſe wound
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