The Iliad of Homer, Volume 6Charles Rivington, 1760 - Achilles (Greek mythology) |
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax Andromache Antilochus arms Atrides becauſe cauſe chariot circumſtance cloſe courfers courſe Dacier dead death Deiphobus deſcribed Diomed Euftathius Eumelus eyes facred faid fame fate father fays feems fends fhade fhall fhews fight fince firſt flain fleep flies foldiers fome forrows foul fpeech ftill fuch glory Goddeſs Gods greateſt Grecian Greeks hand heav'n Hector Hecuba hero himſelf Homer honours horfes horſe Iliad Ilion Jove Jupiter King laft laſt leaſt Menelaus moſt mournful muſt Myrmidons Neftor o'er obferves paffage paffion Patroclus Peleus Pelides perfon plain poem poet pow'r prefent Priam prize purſue race rage raiſe reaſon reſt reſtore rife riſe ſay ſhall ſhore ſhould ſkies Sperchius ſpoke ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtrength tears thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe verſes Virgil walls whofe whoſe words xviii xxiii
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