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... turn'd the scale of fight . Fierce as a whirlwind up the wall he flies , And fires his host with loud repeated cries : Advance , ye Trojans ! lend your valiant hands , Haste to the fleet , and toss the blazing brands . They hear , they ...
... turn'd the scale of fight . Fierce as a whirlwind up the wall he flies , And fires his host with loud repeated cries : Advance , ye Trojans ! lend your valiant hands , Haste to the fleet , and toss the blazing brands . They hear , they ...
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... turn the dead . The god then wrought on that celestial shield , A broad , a triple - plough'd , and fertile field ; There many ploughmen , bending o'er their toil , Turn'd to and fro their yokes , and ciave the soil ; And , as they ...
... turn the dead . The god then wrought on that celestial shield , A broad , a triple - plough'd , and fertile field ; There many ploughmen , bending o'er their toil , Turn'd to and fro their yokes , and ciave the soil ; And , as they ...
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... Turn'd in the midst , and roll'd themselves along . There , last , the god the force of Ocean bound , And pour'd its waves the buckler's orb around . 1 Book XIX . GRECIAN ARMY GOING FORTH TO BATTLE- APPEARANCE OF ACHILLES . THE host set ...
... Turn'd in the midst , and roll'd themselves along . There , last , the god the force of Ocean bound , And pour'd its waves the buckler's orb around . 1 Book XIX . GRECIAN ARMY GOING FORTH TO BATTLE- APPEARANCE OF ACHILLES . THE host set ...
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... turn'd , and sharpen'd every thought ; This way and that , I cast to save my friends , Till one resolve my varying counsel ends . Strong were the rams , with native purple fair , Well fed , and largest of the fleecy care . These three ...
... turn'd , and sharpen'd every thought ; This way and that , I cast to save my friends , Till one resolve my varying counsel ends . Strong were the rams , with native purple fair , Well fed , and largest of the fleecy care . These three ...
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... turn'd his head , and different. But I , of mind elate , and scorning fear , Thus with new taunts insult the ... turns had hop'd and fear'd , There disembarking on the green seaside , We land our cattle , and the spoil divide : Of these ...
... turn'd his head , and different. But I , of mind elate , and scorning fear , Thus with new taunts insult the ... turns had hop'd and fear'd , There disembarking on the green seaside , We land our cattle , and the spoil divide : Of these ...
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Adic Admetus Alcmena Amph Amphitryon Antistrophe arms Athens bear behold Bleps blest breast breath charms Chor CHORUS Chrem Cleon Clytemnestra Creon Dæm dark daughter dead dear death deeds Demus didst dost thou dread e'en earth Eteocles Eucl Euripides eyes fair fate father fear flame friends give goddess gods grace Greece grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Jove Jupiter king Labr Laius live lord maid Merc Mess mighty mortal mother Muses ne'er never night nymph o'er Palæstra Peleus Phei Plut Plutus poet Polybus Polynices rich round sacred SCENE shalt shore slave sleep song sorrow soul speak Streps Strob STROBILUS sweet tears tell Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus thine thou art tomb Trach Twas Tynd Venus virgin voice wave wife wine words wretch youth