 ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry...  The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope - Page 29by Homerus - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...The scene lies in the Crecían сашр, then changes ti> (ïirysa, and lastly to Olympus. ACHILLES' A 9`C(w / unburied on the naked shore, Ilevouring dogs and hungry vulture» tore : Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing! The wrath which hurled to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...subject and its verb. Example 1. The first verses in the Iliad are thus translated by Pope: " Achilles* wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess, sing." Example 2. Paradise Lost opens in a similar manner : " Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1840 - 522 pages
...the first book stands thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, thedireful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides'raj?*, O Goddess, sinp. wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...subject and its verb. Example 1. The first verses in the Iliad are thus translated by Pope: " Achilles* wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess, sing.'* Example 2. Paradise Lost opens in a similar manner : " Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of... | |
 | Thomas van Loo - 1842 - 282 pages
...diréful spring Ofwoes unnum ber'd , fieav'nly Goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurld' to Pluto 's gloomy reign , The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs , unbury'd on thenaked shore, Dcvouring dogs andhungry vultures tore, Sinee great Achilles and Atrides strove. Such... | |
 | Friedrich Christoph Schlosser - Eighteenth century - 1843 - 410 pages
...of the ' Iliad' : Pope, — The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O goddess, sing ; That wrath, which hurl'd to Pluto's...reign ' The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. Von. — Singe den Zorn, o Giittin, des Peleiaden Achilleus, Ihn, der entbrannt den Achaiern unnennbaren... | |
 | Theology - 1837 - 548 pages
...look! what means this ugly line! Gadzooks ! my friend, you're getting wrinkles. . Achilles' wruth, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly...goddess, sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's dreary reign, German. In alien guten Stunden, Erhb'ht von Lieb' und Wein, Soil dieses Lied verbunden... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...in each line, as may be observed by attending to such words as are printed in Italics. " Achilles' wrath to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing; That wrath which sent to Pluto's gloomy reign, The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain, Whose bones, unburied on... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...giving victory to the Trojan«. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'il, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
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