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The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

Hesiod; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634 [Translator]; Elton, Charles Abraham, Sir, 1778-1853 [Translator]· 3 chapters· 22,771 words

Deep below In hollow caves the fires of Ætna glow. The Cyclops here their heavy hammers deal: Loud strokes and hissings of tormented steel Are heard around: the boiling waters roar, And smoky flames through fuming tunnels soar. Hither the father of the fire by night, Through t...

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2. Book vi.

There is, however, nothing in Milton which equals in sublimity the sudden expansion of power in the soul of the deity: ειθαρ μεν μενεος πληντο φρενες. The plan of the battle of...

1. viii. 417:

Deep below In hollow caves the fires of Ætna glow. The Cyclops here their heavy hammers deal: Loud strokes and hissings of tormented steel Are heard around: the boiling waters r...

3. book i. c. 34. GILLIES.

[260] _The battle of the Lapithæ._] This forms the subject of the _alto-relievo_ on the entablature of the Parthenon, or the temple of Minerva: ascribed to Phidias. See the “Mem...