The Odyssey of Homer: With the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and MiceHenry G. Bohn, 1853 - 432 pages |
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... indebted to the industry of Kenneth Mackenzie , Esq . It is the earliest memoir of the sup- posed author of the Iliad we possess , and , as such , merits translation . T. A. B. THE LIFE OF HOMER , ATTRIBUTED TO HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS.
... indebted to the industry of Kenneth Mackenzie , Esq . It is the earliest memoir of the sup- posed author of the Iliad we possess , and , as such , merits translation . T. A. B. THE LIFE OF HOMER , ATTRIBUTED TO HERODOTUS OF HALICARNASSUS.
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... possesses no refuge for shelter . " 12 See Herod . i . 149 . 13 Literally , " a currier's yard , " but Larcher has been followed in the translation of the phrase , as the terms are almost synonymous , for the arms of the Greeks of that ...
... possesses no refuge for shelter . " 12 See Herod . i . 149 . 13 Literally , " a currier's yard , " but Larcher has been followed in the translation of the phrase , as the terms are almost synonymous , for the arms of the Greeks of that ...
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... possess no less prudence than sagacity . " Having departed for Cuma , he went by way of Larissa , 18 15 This was probably the poem known by the title of the Thebaïs , at- tributed by Callinus ( B. c . 700 ) to Homer . Paus . ix . 9 ...
... possess no less prudence than sagacity . " Having departed for Cuma , he went by way of Larissa , 18 15 This was probably the poem known by the title of the Thebaïs , at- tributed by Callinus ( B. c . 700 ) to Homer . Paus . ix . 9 ...
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... possessing no unity excepting his- torical and chronological succession , Aristotle ( loc . cit . ) justly observes that eight tragedies might be made from it , while only one can be com- posed from the Iliad or Odyssey . Conf ...
... possessing no unity excepting his- torical and chronological succession , Aristotle ( loc . cit . ) justly observes that eight tragedies might be made from it , while only one can be com- posed from the Iliad or Odyssey . Conf ...
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... possessing , which Plato ( Theætet . § 126 ) causes Socrates to define . " To possess , therefore , does not appear to me to be the same as to have ; for instance , if any one , having bought a garment , and having it in his power ...
... possessing , which Plato ( Theætet . § 126 ) causes Socrates to define . " To possess , therefore , does not appear to me to be the same as to have ; for instance , if any one , having bought a garment , and having it in his power ...
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