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... bronze in his hand , that is ever unbroken.'1 His stellar connexion is treated as a fact apart . The poet does not appear to feel any need of bringing it into harmony with the Odyssean vision . · 6 The brightest star in the heavens is ...
... bronze in his hand , that is ever unbroken.'1 His stellar connexion is treated as a fact apart . The poet does not appear to feel any need of bringing it into harmony with the Odyssean vision . · 6 The brightest star in the heavens is ...
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... bronze gleamed as he ran . ' In the corresponding passage relating to Diomed ( v . 4-7 ) , the naïve literalness with which the baths of Ocean ' are thought of is conveyed by the hint that the star shone at rising with increased ...
... bronze gleamed as he ran . ' In the corresponding passage relating to Diomed ( v . 4-7 ) , the naïve literalness with which the baths of Ocean ' are thought of is conveyed by the hint that the star shone at rising with increased ...
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... bronze by Hephaestus , ' and pre- sented by Jupiter to Cephalus , the eponymous ruler of the island of Cephallenia . These animals were not more remarkable for fierceness than for fidelity . To the race were assigned creatures of such ...
... bronze by Hephaestus , ' and pre- sented by Jupiter to Cephalus , the eponymous ruler of the island of Cephallenia . These animals were not more remarkable for fierceness than for fidelity . To the race were assigned creatures of such ...
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... in the absence of his consort Amphitrite , did not disdain to act as his own groom . Cf. Geddes , Problem of the Homeric Poems , p . 207 . " Himself he harnessed to his brazen car the bronze- 92 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
... in the absence of his consort Amphitrite , did not disdain to act as his own groom . Cf. Geddes , Problem of the Homeric Poems , p . 207 . " Himself he harnessed to his brazen car the bronze- 92 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
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Agnes Mary Clerke. " Himself he harnessed to his brazen car the bronze- hoofed ' coursers stabled beneath the sea at Ægæ ; himself wielded the golden scourge with which he urged their rapid passage , amid the damp homage of dutiful but ...
Agnes Mary Clerke. " Himself he harnessed to his brazen car the bronze- hoofed ' coursers stabled beneath the sea at Ægæ ; himself wielded the golden scourge with which he urged their rapid passage , amid the damp homage of dutiful but ...
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