[The Iliad of Homer by Homer]@TWC D-Link bookThe Iliad of Homer BOOK XXIV 71/111
669. 194 -- _Gerenian Nestor._ The epithet _Gerenian_ either refers to the name of a place in which Nestor was educated, or merely signifies honoured, revered.
See Schol.Venet.in II.
B.336; Strabo, viii.
p. 340. 195 -- _AEgae, Helice._ Both these towns were conspicuous for their worship of Neptune. 196 -- _As full blown,_ &c. "Il suo Lesbia quasi bel fior succiso, E in atto si gentil languir tremanti Gl' occhi, e cader siu 'l tergo il collo mira." Gier.Lib.ix.
85. 197 -- _Ungrateful,_ because the cause in which they were engaged was unjust. "Struck by the lab'ring priests' uplifted hands The victims fall: to heav'n they make their pray'r, The curling vapours load the ambient air. But vain their toil: the pow'rs who rule the skies Averse beheld the ungrateful sacrifice." Merrick's Tryphiodorus, vi.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|