A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same |
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Strona 637
that, by assuming Smyrna as the central point of Homer's life and celebrity, the
claims of all the other cities' which rest on good authority, may be explained and
reconciled in a simple and natural manner.—If one may venture to follow the faint
...
that, by assuming Smyrna as the central point of Homer's life and celebrity, the
claims of all the other cities' which rest on good authority, may be explained and
reconciled in a simple and natural manner.—If one may venture to follow the faint
...
Strona 638
The catastrophe is, that Homer, being utterly unable to guess the meaning of this
riddle, broke his heart out of pure vexation, and that the inhabitants of the island
buried him with great magnificence.—There has been as much doubt and ...
The catastrophe is, that Homer, being utterly unable to guess the meaning of this
riddle, broke his heart out of pure vexation, and that the inhabitants of the island
buried him with great magnificence.—There has been as much doubt and ...
Strona 641
First, it is said that Lycurgus, the Spartan legislator, met with the poems of Homer
during his travels in Asia, and, being charmed with them, carried them with him
by some means, and in some shape or other, back to his native city. The authority
...
First, it is said that Lycurgus, the Spartan legislator, met with the poems of Homer
during his travels in Asia, and, being charmed with them, carried them with him
by some means, and in some shape or other, back to his native city. The authority
...
Strona 642
5), there is a articular and curious account of the manner in which %. put together
the poems of Homer. It is taken from the Commentary of Diomedes Scholasticus
on the grammar of Dionysius the Thracian, and was first published in the ...
5), there is a articular and curious account of the manner in which %. put together
the poems of Homer. It is taken from the Commentary of Diomedes Scholasticus
on the grammar of Dionysius the Thracian, and was first published in the ...
Strona 643
in great reputation at Syracuse about 500 B.C., was supposed by many to be the
real Homer of this particular poem. One thing, however, is certain, that these
hymns are extremely ancient, and it is probable that some of them only yield to
the ...
in great reputation at Syracuse about 500 B.C., was supposed by many to be the
real Homer of this particular poem. One thing, however, is certain, that these
hymns are extremely ancient, and it is probable that some of them only yield to
the ...
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