A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who Have Recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy: In Answer to Two Late Publications of Mr. Bryant. With a Map and Plates |
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... Sceptics , it is true , have appeared upon this fubject before Mr. Bryant , " Sed omnes illacrymabiles " Urguentur ignotique longâ " Nocte A The HOMER an historian . The little effect which their writings A VINDICATION OF HOMER, &c. ...
... Sceptics , it is true , have appeared upon this fubject before Mr. Bryant , " Sed omnes illacrymabiles " Urguentur ignotique longâ " Nocte A The HOMER an historian . The little effect which their writings A VINDICATION OF HOMER, &c. ...
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... fubject Mr. Bryant begins with a due homage to the genius and writings of Homer . He candidly acknowledges many of the circumstances which have contributed to place him in the rank of an historian as well as a poet , and allows that the ...
... fubject Mr. Bryant begins with a due homage to the genius and writings of Homer . He candidly acknowledges many of the circumstances which have contributed to place him in the rank of an historian as well as a poet , and allows that the ...
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... fubject ; and cannot attach such a charge upon Homer , who partakes very little in the absurdity of his fucceffors . But the antient authors do not feem to agree in this opinion of his juftice , for antecedent to his judgment every ...
... fubject ; and cannot attach such a charge upon Homer , who partakes very little in the absurdity of his fucceffors . But the antient authors do not feem to agree in this opinion of his juftice , for antecedent to his judgment every ...
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... fubject , that he exprefsly tells us the armies of the Greeks under Agamemnon were less than might be expected from the extent and population of the districts which levied them ; a circumftance he attributes to the difficulty of ...
... fubject , that he exprefsly tells us the armies of the Greeks under Agamemnon were less than might be expected from the extent and population of the districts which levied them ; a circumftance he attributes to the difficulty of ...
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... fubject by no means proves that no at- tacks were made upon the city in all this time . The fhips were fometimes employed on thefe expeditions ; fometimes inland in- Homer , ll . l . ix . v.325 . curfions were made , the plunder was ...
... fubject by no means proves that no at- tacks were made upon the city in all this time . The fhips were fometimes employed on thefe expeditions ; fometimes inland in- Homer , ll . l . ix . v.325 . curfions were made , the plunder was ...
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Abydos Achilles æra affertion Afia againſt Agamemnon alfo almoſt alſo Anaxagoras ancient anſwered Antilochus antiquity argument army authority becauſe Bounarbachi Bryant himſelf Chevalier circumſtances coaſt confequence confider confiderable conjecture defcribed defcription Diodorus diſtance Egypt Egyptian exifted exiſtence fame fays feems feen fhall fhew fhewn fhips fhore fhould fide fiege fince firſt fituation fome ftill ftory ftream fubject fuch fuppofe furniſhed Gargarus Grecian Greece Greeks Helen Hellefpont Herodotus heroes hiſtorian hiſtory Homer hypothefis Iliad Ilium inconfiftency inference juſt leaſt Lectum Menelaus mentioned moſt muſt Mycena names NOTES obfcurity Obfervations Olympiad paffage paffim Patroclus Paufanias Phrygia plain poet Priam prove Ptolemy purpoſe quoted reader reafon refpecting rivers ſays Scamander Scepfis ſhall ſhips Simois ſtate ſtill ſtory Strabo ſuppoſe teftimony thefe theſe thofe thoſe Thracian Thucydides tomb traditions tranflate Troad Trojan Trojan war Troy tumulus uſed war of Troy whilft whofe writers καὶ
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Page 85 - Mean-time the * Monarch of the watery main Obferv'd the Thunderer, nor obferv'd in vain. In Samothracia, on a mountain's brow, Whofe waving woods o'erhung the deeps below, 20 He fate ; and round him caft his azure eyej, Where Ida's mifty tops confus'dly rife ; * Neptune.
Page 88 - Mark how resistless through the floods he goes, And boldly bids the warring gods be foes ! But nor that force, nor form divine to sight...
Page 87 - Where the high watch-tower overlooks the plain ; Now where the fig-trees fpread their umbrage broad (A wider compafs) fmoke along the road. Next by Scamander's double fource they bound...
Page 49 - And frantic Passions hear thy soft control. On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curbed the fury of his car And dropped his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the...
Page 90 - Tlic cold spring gushes out from four or five crevices at the foot of the rock, which forms the foreground of this picture. At the small distance here delineated, another spring arises, which, at the time I was there, was of considerable warmth.
Page 76 - There feems befides to be ftill lefs reafon for fuppofing it to have exifted in Egypt. Conjectures upon Homer's life and writings may be anfwered by other conjectures, but in reality as they prove nothing, they need not be anfwered at all...
Page 85 - Thunderer, nor obferv'd in vain. In Samothracia, on a mountain's brow, Whofe waving woods o'erhung the deeps below, 1r» He fate; and round him caft his azure eyes, Where Ida's mifty tops confus'dly rife ; B z Below* * Neptune.
Page 32 - ... a crowd of unwarranted names to fupport them. Nor can we but admire at the contradictory nature of this proceeding; that names of works, which either never were in being, or never worthy to live...
Page 3 - B's.) ftatements are always perfectly fair: And, if he finds, that interpretations are given by him to clafjka!