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Brewer's: Briseis
(3 syl.). The patronymic name of Hippodamia, daughter of Briseus (2 syl.). A concubine of Achilles, to whom he was greatly attached. When Agamemnon was compelled to give up his own…The Iliad of Homer: The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax
The Episodes of Glaucus and Di... The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax. The battle renewing with double ardour upon the return of Hector, Minerva is…Brewer's: Achilles
A-kil-leez(3 syl.). King of the Myrmidons (in Thessaly), the hero of Homer's epic poem called the Iliad. He is represented as brave and relentless. The poem begins with a quarrel between…Brewer's: Shields
The most famous in story are the Shield of Achilles described by Homer, of Hercules, described by Hesiod, and of Æneas described by Virgil. Other famous bucklers described in classic story…The Gods in Council--Miverva's Visit to Ithaca--The Challenge from Telemachus to the Suitors - The Odyssey
Assembly of the People of Ith... The Gods in Council--Miverva's Visit to Ithaca--The Challenge from Telemachus to the Suitors. Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled…Ulysses in the Hut with Eumaeus - The Odyssey
Ulysses Leaves Scheria and Re... Minerva Summons Telemachus fr... Ulysses in the Hut with Eumaeus. Ulysses now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the wooded…Brewer's: Kick
(A). Sixpence. “Two-and-a-kick” = two shillings and sixpence. (Anglo-Saxon, cicel, a bit. In Jamaica a “bit” = sixpence, and generally it means the smallest silver coin in circulation;…The Iliad of Homer: The Embassy to Achilles
The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…The Iliad of Homer: The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces
The Contention of Achilles and... The Duel of Menelaus and Paris. The Trial of the Army, and Catalogue of the Forces. Jupiter, in pursuance of the request of Thetis, sends a deceitful…Classical Mythology: All's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of Troy
All's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of TroyClassical MythologyAll's Not Fair in Love and War: The Fall of TroyThe Face That Launched a Thousand ShipsThe Final Battles: The Tenth Year of the…Trending
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