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The Iliad of Homer: The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon
The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Battle at the Grecian Wall. The Third Battle, and the Acts of Agamemnon. Agamemnon, having armed himself, leads the Grecians to battle; Hector…Sophocles
(Encyclopedia) SophoclesSophoclessŏfˈəklēz [key], c.496 b.c.–406 b.c., Greek tragic dramatist, younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides, b. Colonus, near Athens. A man of…The Iliad of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope
by Homer Translated by Alexander Pope With Notes by Rev. Theodore Alois Buckley M.A. F.S.A. Illustrated by Flaxman's Designs 1899 Contents Summary Introduction. Pope's…Brewer's: Akbar
An Arabic word, meaning “Very Great.” Akbar-Khan, the “very great Khan,” is applied especially to the Khan of Hindûstan who reigned 1556–1605. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…William Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene IV
Scene IVPlains between Troy and the Grecian campAlarums: excursions. Enter ThersitesThersitesNow they are clapper-clawing one another; I'll go look on. That dissembling abominable varlets…Brewer's: Aitch-bone
of beef. Corruption of “Naitch-bone,” i.e. the haunch-bone (Latin, nates, a haunch or buttock). Similarly, “an apron” is a corruption of a napperon; “an adder” is a corruption of a nadder…The Iliad of Homer: Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus
The Fourth Battle Continued, i... The Fifth Battle at the Ships;... Juno Deceives Jupiter by the Girdle of Venus. Nestor, sitting at the table with Machaon, is alarmed with the…The Illiad: The Battle at the Grecian Wall.
The Third Battle, and the Acts... The Fourth Battle Continued, i... The Battle at the Grecian Wall. The Greeks having retired into their entrenchments, Hector attempts to force them;…The Illiad: The Second Battle, and the Distress of the Greeks.
The Single Combat of Hector and Ajax. The Embassy to Achilles. The Second Battle, and the Distress of the Greeks. Jupiter assembles a council of the deities, and threatens them with…The Iliad of Homer: Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus
The Death of Hector. The Redemption of the Body of Hector. Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus. Achilles and the Myrmidons do honours to the body of Patroclus. After the funeral…Trending
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