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The Iliad of Homer: How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded
Book 13 Book 15 How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded. Yet the cry…Brewer's: Quail
A bird, said to be very salacious, hence a prostitute or courtesan. “Here's Agamemnon, an honest fellow enough, and one that loves quails.” —Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, v. 1. The…How Achilles fought with the River, and chased the men of Troy within their gates.
Book: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 How Achilles fought with the River, and chased the men of Troy within their gates.But when now they came unto the…How the body of Hector was ransomed, and of his funeral.
Book: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 How the body of Hector was ransomed, and of his funeral.Then the assembly was broken up, and the tribes were scattered…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene III
Scene IIIThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Agamemnon, Ulysses, Diomedes, Nestor, Ajax, Menelaus, and CalchasCalchasNow, princes, for the service I have done you, The advantage of…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V
Act VScene IThe Grecian camp. Before Achilles' tentEnter Achilles and PatroclusAchillesI'll heat his blood with Greekish wine to-night, Which with my scimitar I'll cool to-morrow. Patroclus,…The Illiad: The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle.
The Duel of Menelaus and Paris. The Acts of Diomed. The Breach of the Truce, and the First Battle. The Gods deliberate in council concerning the Trojan war: they agree upon the…Telemachus Visits Nestor at Pylos - The Odyssey
Assembly of the People of Ith... The Visit to King Menelaus, W... Telemachus Visits Nestor at Pylos. but as the sun was rising from the fair sea[1] into the firmament of heaven to…Poseidon stirreth up the Achaians to defend the ships. The valour of Idomeneus.
Book: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Poseidon stirreth up the Achaians to defend the ships. The valour of Idomeneus.Now Zeus, after that he had brought…Homer
(Encyclopedia) Homer, principal figure of ancient Greek literature; the first European poet. The Odyssey is written in 24 books and begins nearly ten years after the fall of Troy. In the first part…