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... never been surpassed , and , after a lapse of more than two thousand years , still entrance the imagination with their inimitable charms of freshness and originality . LONDON , 1st January 1881 . H. G. CONTENTS . Greek Authors . DIED ...
... never been surpassed , and , after a lapse of more than two thousand years , still entrance the imagination with their inimitable charms of freshness and originality . LONDON , 1st January 1881 . H. G. CONTENTS . Greek Authors . DIED ...
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... never to meet again . Now Hector challenges the Greeks to put forward one of their chieftains against him . Agamemnon will not suffer Menelaus to be the champion , and Nestor deplores that the young men are not what they were in his ...
... never to meet again . Now Hector challenges the Greeks to put forward one of their chieftains against him . Agamemnon will not suffer Menelaus to be the champion , and Nestor deplores that the young men are not what they were in his ...
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... never king henceforth do justly and love mercy , but let him rule with iron hand and work all iniquity ; for lo ! what is Ulysses ' reward ? ' Jupiter is moved , and despatches Mercury to Calypso's island grotto , with his command for ...
... never king henceforth do justly and love mercy , but let him rule with iron hand and work all iniquity ; for lo ! what is Ulysses ' reward ? ' Jupiter is moved , and despatches Mercury to Calypso's island grotto , with his command for ...
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... and he is moved to tears , which he has never shed for Penelope . Entering his own hall , he solicits broken meat from those who are sitting at table , and none refuse him save Antinous , who throws a stool at him , for which he HOMER . 19.
... and he is moved to tears , which he has never shed for Penelope . Entering his own hall , he solicits broken meat from those who are sitting at table , and none refuse him save Antinous , who throws a stool at him , for which he HOMER . 19.
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... never seen the sea , or eaten salt , as a penance to appease Neptune for the injury inflicted on Polyphemus , is merely hinted at and left untold . HESIOD . DIED B.C. 730 . ESIOD'S own lines tell 22 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... never seen the sea , or eaten salt , as a penance to appease Neptune for the injury inflicted on Polyphemus , is merely hinted at and left untold . HESIOD . DIED B.C. 730 . ESIOD'S own lines tell 22 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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