Part 80 (2/2)
147 The belief in the existence of er stature in earlier times, is by no means confined to Homer
148 --_Such stream, ie_ the _ichor,_ or blood of the Gods
”A streauine, such as celestial spirits may bleed”
”Paradise Lost,” vi 339
149 This was during the ith the titans
150 --_Amphitryon's son,_ Hercules, born to Jove by Alchter of Adrastus The Cyclic poets (See Anthon's Lempriere, _s v_) assert Venus incited her to infidelity, in revenge for the wound she had received froiotis, in Thessaly
153 --_Tlepole left his native country, Argos, in consequence of the accidental murder of Liscymnius, he was commanded by an oracle to retire to Rhodes Here he was chosen king, and accoames were instituted at Rhodes in his honour, the victors being rewarded with crowns of poplar
154 These heroes' na the _oi polloi_ or orgeous wings, upspringing light Flew through the , to his speed gave way Through all th' eate self-open'd wide, On golden hinges turning”
--”Paradise Lost,” v 250
156 ”Till Morn, Waked by the circling Hours, with rosy hand Unbarr'd the gates of light”
--”Paradise Lost,” vi, 2
157 --_Far as a shepherd_ ”With what majesty and pomp does Homer exalt his deities! He here measures the leap of the horses by the extent of the world And who is there, that, considering the exceeding greatness of the space would not with reason cry out that 'If the steeds of the deity were to take a second leap, the world would want rooinus, Section 8
158 ”No trumpets, or any other instruments of sound, are used in the Homeric action itself; but the trumpet was known, and is introduced for the purpose of illustration as employed in war Hence arose the value of a loud voice in a commander; Stentor was an indispensable officer In the early Saracen cans frequent mention isvoices; the battle of Honain was restored by the shouts and e, p 213
159 ”Long had the wav'ring God the war delay'd, While Greece and Troy alternate own'd his aid”
Merrick's ”Tryphiodorus,” vi 761, sq
160 --_Paeon_ seems to have been to the Gods, what Podaleirius and Machaon were to the Grecian heroes
161 --_Arisbe,_ a colony of the Mitylenaeans in Troas
162 --_Pedasus,_ a town near Pylos
163 --_Rich heaps of brass_ ”The halls of Alkinous and Menelaus glitter with gold, copper, and electruold, copper, and iron are stored up in the treasure-chamber of Odysseus and other chiefs Coined e--the trade carried on being one of barter
In reference also to the metals, it deserves to be remarked, that the Homeric descriptions universally suppose copper, and not iron, to be employed for arms, both offensive and defensive By what process the copper was tempered and hardened, so as to serve the purpose of the warrior, we do not know; but the use of iron for these objects belongs to a later age”--Grote, vol ii p 142