The Greek Anthology, As Selected for the Use of Westminster, Eton And Other Public Schools
The Greek Anthology, As Selected for the Use of Westminster, Eton And Other Public Schools
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But onfe would pre- fer av fiopbe — for and P are sometimes confounded in MSS.
' Progn6 was the daughter of Pandion, whose grandfather, Erichtho- nius, was the son of Neptune.
EDWABDS'S SELECnOK. 205 his fire-breathing arrows, and laughs bitterly with his saucy eyes. Does not his mother love Mars? and is she not the wife of Vulcan, and thus common to fire and swords ? Does not the Sea, the mother of his mother, roar roughly under the lashings of the winds ? And no one is his father, and he is t...he father of no one. Hence he possesses the fire of Vulcan, and cherishes a,nger equal to the waves, and (has) the blood-stained weapons of Mars.
No wonder Love, the ravisher of hearts, For slaughter raging, hurls fire-breathing darts ; With bitter scorn envenoms every woun^ And laughs at every death he scatters round.
For Mars, the homicide, his mother vows A lawless fiame, while Vulcan is her spouse.
Common to fire and sword, the daughter she Of the wild, boisterous, tempest-scourged Sea.
But who or whence his sire, can no man trace.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But onfe would pre- fer av fiopbe — for and P are sometimes confounded in MSS.
' Progn6 was the daughter of Pandion, whose grandfather, Erichtho- nius, was the son of Neptune.
EDWABDS'S SELECnOK. 205 his fire-breathing arrows, and laughs bitterly with his saucy eyes. Does not his mother love Mars? and is she not the wife of Vulcan, and thus common to fire and swords ? Does not the Sea, the mother of his mother, roar roughly under the lashings of the winds ? And no one is his father, and he is t...he father of no one. Hence he possesses the fire of Vulcan, and cherishes a,nger equal to the waves, and (has) the blood-stained weapons of Mars.
No wonder Love, the ravisher of hearts, For slaughter raging, hurls fire-breathing darts ; With bitter scorn envenoms every woun^ And laughs at every death he scatters round.
For Mars, the homicide, his mother vows A lawless fiame, while Vulcan is her spouse.
Common to fire and sword, the daughter she Of the wild, boisterous, tempest-scourged Sea.
But who or whence his sire, can no man trace.
What to read after The Greek Anthology, As Selected for the Use of Westminster, Eton And Other Public Schools?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Burges to read onlineMoreLess
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