Stories of the Old WorldGinn, 1916 - 437 من الصفحات A retelling of the stories of Homer and Vergil. |
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९९ Achilles Æneas Ajax Ajax the Greater aloud Anchises answered Apollo arms arrow Asius Athene bade battle beast brother cast cave Chalciope chariot companions comrades counsel cried daughter dead Deiphobus Dido Diomed drave dwelling Eumæus evil father fear feast fell fight fire fled gates gave give gods gold Greeks hand hath hear heard hearken heart heaven Hector helmet Hercules heroes horses Idomeneus Jason Juno Jupiter Juturna King Agamemnon land maidens Menelaus mighty mother palace Pallas Patroclus Peleus Philoctetes Phrixus pray Priam prince queen river sail Sarpedon saying shield ship shore slain slay slew smote sons of Troy sore spake spear Sthenelus stood stranger suitors sword Telemachus tell Teucer thee things thou art thou hast thou shalt thou wilt Tiphys took Trojans Turnus Tydeus Ulysses walls Wherefore wife wind wounded wrath wroth Zeus
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الصفحة 395 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
الصفحة 225 - What aileth thee, Polyphemus, that thou makest this uproar in the peaceful night, driving away sleep? Is any one robbing thee of thy sheep, or seeking to slay thee by craft or force?" And the giant answered, "No Man slays me by craft.
الصفحة 224 - Drink, and see what precious things we had in our ship. But no one hereafter will come to thee with such like, if thou dealest with strangers as cruelly as thou hast dealt with us." Then the Cyclops drank, and was mightily pleased, and said, "Give me again to drink, and tell me thy name, stranger, and I will give thee a gift such as a host should give. In good truth this is a rare liquor. We, too, have vines, but they bear not wine like this, which indeed must be such as the gods drink in heaven.
الصفحة 157 - Panthoiis, smote him on the back with his spear, but slew him not. Then Patroclus sought to flee to the ranks of his comrades. But Hector saw him, and thrust at him with his spear, smiting him in the groin, so that he fell. And when the Greeks saw him fall, they sent up a terrible cry. Then Hector stood over him and cried — " Didst thou think to spoil our city, Patroclus, and to carry away our wives and daughters in the ships ? But, lo ! I have slain thee, and the fowls of the air shall eat thy...
الصفحة 226 - How is this, thou, who art the leader of the flock ? Thou art not wont thus to lag behind. Thou hast always been the first to run to the pastures and streams in the morning, and the first to come back to the fold when evening fell ; and now thou art last of all. Perhaps thou art troubled about thy master's eye, which some wretch (No Man, they call him) has destroyed, having first mastered me with wine.
الصفحة 219 - ... rock, and whispering alders all about it. Into this the ships passed safely, and were hauled up on the beach, and the crews slept by them, waiting for the morning.
الصفحة 129 - Thus he spoke, but Ulysses came up and stood over him. Under this cover he sat down to draw the arrow from his foot, and sharp was the pain he suffered as he did so. Then he sprang on to his chariot and bade the charioteer drive him to the ships, for he was sick at heart. Ulysses was now alone; not one of the Argives stood by him, for they were all panicstricken. "Alas," said he to himself in his dismay, "what will become of me?
الصفحة 255 - Phasacians, feasting ; and youths wrought in gold stood holding torches in their hands, to give light in the darkness. Fifty women were in the house grinding corn and weaving robes, for the women of the land are no less skilled to weave than are the men to sail the sea. And round about the house were gardens beautiful exceedingly, with orchards of fig and apple and pear and pomegranate and olive.
الصفحة 228 - Cyclops lifted up his hands to Poseidon and prayed: "Hear me, Poseidon, if I am indeed thy son and thou my father. May this Ulysses never reach his home! or, if the Fates have ordered that he should reach it, may he come alone, all his comrades lost, and come to find sore trouble in his house!
الصفحة 118 - ... A better man than his father, this,' and his mother shall be glad at heart." Then he gave the child to his mother, and she clasped him to her breast and smiled a tearful smile. And her husband had pity on her, and stroked her with his hand, and spake :