 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 Works of the Greek and Roman Poets - Page 391813Full view - About this book
 | John Adams Scott - Epic poetry, Greek - 1925 - 204 pages
...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 vultures tore; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove, Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. This is great poetry, but it is not Homeric,... | |
 | Barrett Harper Clark - Biography - 1928 - 1452 pages
...peopled the dark hell with heroes slain; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied Clark Atridcs strove; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose limbs, unburied on the... | |
 | William Hendrick Arnold - Reference - 1935 - 238 pages
...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 strove, Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove ! Declare, O Muse ! in what ill-fated hour Sprung... | |
 | Mary Eva Blockley - Foreign Language Study - 2001 - 280 pages
...which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore: Since great Achilles and Atrides strove, Such was the sov'regn doom, and such the will of Jove Declare, O Muse! in what ill-fated hour Sprung... | |
 | Eva Hänssgen - Classical literature - 2003 - 300 pages
...which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely slain; 5 Whose Limbs unbury'd on the naked Shore Devouring Dogs and hungry Vultures tore. Since Great Achilles and Atrides strove. Such was the Sov'reign Doom, and such the Will of Jove. Declare, O Muse! in what ill-fated Hour 10... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - Bible - 1848 - 400 pages
...woes unnumbered, heavenly Goddess, singr That wrath which hurled tn Pluto's stoomy reign The souli of mighty chiefs untimely slain, Whose limbs, nnburied on the naked shore, Devouring dosrs and hungry vultures iore; Since great Achillas atul Airules stiore, Such was the sovereign doom,... | |
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