Masterworks of World Literature, Volume 1Edwin Mallard Everett Dryden Press, 1955 - 1000 pages |
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Page 148
... 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 , and he fell with a ...
... 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 , and he fell with a ...
Page 254
... daughter of the king . Meanwhile , the blind Œdipus , led by faithful Antigone , reaches the sacred grove of Colonus , just outside Athens , where the hero Theseus is king . Father and daughter , ragged and exhausted after their long ...
... daughter of the king . Meanwhile , the blind Œdipus , led by faithful Antigone , reaches the sacred grove of Colonus , just outside Athens , where the hero Theseus is king . Father and daughter , ragged and exhausted after their long ...
Page 342
... daughter . " Scarcely had the hoary father These lamentations ended ; to uplift His feeble body striving , he ... daughter's corse Still held him down , or if with greater force He dragged it onward , from his bones he tore The aged ...
... daughter . " Scarcely had the hoary father These lamentations ended ; to uplift His feeble body striving , he ... daughter's corse Still held him down , or if with greater force He dragged it onward , from his bones he tore The aged ...
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answered arms Athene bear behold blood body bring brought called cast CHORUS comes counsel CREON dark daughter dead dear death deed deep desire earth EDIPUS evil eyes face fair fall father fear fell fire follow friends gave give goddess gods Greek ground halls hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hold Italy JOCASTA keep king lady land leave light live look lord mind mother never night noble Odysseus once pass queen rest seen sent shalt ship side sons soon sorrow soul spake speak spirit stand sword Telemachus tell thee thine things thou thought took turned unto voice wife wind wise woman wooers Zeus