The Iliad of Homer, Volumen1

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Rivington, 1871
 

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Página 349 - They often carry off a ball, and, unless they fall immediately on being struck, are mostly lost to the sportsman.
Página 349 - shot would be two feet eight inches. Now the casual specimens sent to Cambridge by Mr. Pashley (not likely to be
Página 347 - and is reconciled to Agamemnon ; and, before the evening, has completed his revenge with the death of Hector, in the fourth battle of the poem. The next two days are occupied in the preparation of the pyre of Patroclus, in the burning of his body, and in the games held in his
Página 347 - place the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles, and the appeal of the latter to his mother, Thetis. The return of Zeus is expected on the twelfth day from that date ; on the twenty-first day, therefore, he gives the promise to
Página 348 - For eleven days more Achilles continues his insults to the body of Hector ; so that it is not till the evening of the fortieth day that Priam comes to the camp for its recovery. On the morning of the forty-first he returns with the corpse, and with the promise of a twelve days' truce. Nine days are then occupied in laments and
Página 347 - its rescue by Patroclus (Book xvi.), the struggle over that hero's body (Book xvii.), and the final retreat of Troy before the unarmed Achilles (Book xviii.). On the twenty-seventh day Achilles receives his

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