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Page 148
Then he prayed to the daughter of mighty Zeus , and straightway swung his long spear aloft and hurled it , and smote Eupeithes through his casque with the cheekpiece of bronze . The armour kept not out the spear that went clean through ...
Then he prayed to the daughter of mighty Zeus , and straightway swung his long spear aloft and hurled it , and smote Eupeithes through his casque with the cheekpiece of bronze . The armour kept not out the spear that went clean through ...
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The old man , accompanied only by his devoted daughter Antigone , sets out on his wanderings . He is the most pathetic of all creatures to the ancient Greek — a cityless man . Soon after , Eteocles and Polyneikes contend for the throne ...
The old man , accompanied only by his devoted daughter Antigone , sets out on his wanderings . He is the most pathetic of all creatures to the ancient Greek — a cityless man . Soon after , Eteocles and Polyneikes contend for the throne ...
Page 342
Dire was the conflict ; he to raise his knee From earth attempted , but his daughter's corse Still held him down , or if with greater force He dragged it onward , from his bones he tore The aged flesh : at length he sunk , and breathed ...
Dire was the conflict ; he to raise his knee From earth attempted , but his daughter's corse Still held him down , or if with greater force He dragged it onward , from his bones he tore The aged flesh : at length he sunk , and breathed ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 1 Masterworks of World Literature, Edwin Mallard Everett |
| Editor | Edwin Mallard Everett |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Dryden Press, 1955 |
| Length | 1000 pages |
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