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... present . The king stands by the burnt - offering , to which no omen is vouch- safed . Nevertheless , the army is set in array , and a long muster - roll follows of the Greek clans on the one side , and of the Trojans and their allies ...
... present . The king stands by the burnt - offering , to which no omen is vouch- safed . Nevertheless , the army is set in array , and a long muster - roll follows of the Greek clans on the one side , and of the Trojans and their allies ...
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... present day . Again the two armies encounter each other , like two winter torrents mingling in a deep ravine . Then follows a series of single combats between warriors of note on either side , Minerva cheering on the Greeks , and Apollo ...
... present day . Again the two armies encounter each other , like two winter torrents mingling in a deep ravine . Then follows a series of single combats between warriors of note on either side , Minerva cheering on the Greeks , and Apollo ...
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... presents Ulysses with an ox - hide , in which all the winds are safely confined , save one to waft him homewards . So for nine days they make straight towards Ithaca , and are sight- ing its rocks , when , whilst their chief is asleep ...
... presents Ulysses with an ox - hide , in which all the winds are safely confined , save one to waft him homewards . So for nine days they make straight towards Ithaca , and are sight- ing its rocks , when , whilst their chief is asleep ...
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... presents , which she carries away to her chamber ; but , when the company have quitted the hall for the night , she descends again , and asks to hear the stranger's tale . He represents himself as the brother of King Idomeneus of Crete ...
... presents , which she carries away to her chamber ; but , when the company have quitted the hall for the night , she descends again , and asks to hear the stranger's tale . He represents himself as the brother of King Idomeneus of Crete ...
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... present day . Har- pagus , now a general , soon reduced to submission the petty states in Asia Minor , and awed the Greeks against aid- ing them ; while Cyrus proceeded against Babylon , whose marvels the historian fully describes , and ...
... present day . Har- pagus , now a general , soon reduced to submission the petty states in Asia Minor , and awed the Greeks against aid- ing them ; while Cyrus proceeded against Babylon , whose marvels the historian fully describes , and ...
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