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Brewer's: Xanthos
[reddish yellow]. Achilles' wonderful horse. Being chid by his master for leaving Patroclos on the field of battle, the horse turned his head reproachfully, and told Achilles that he also would soon…Brewer's: Diomedean Swop
An exchange in which all the benefit is on one side. This proverbial expression is founded on an incident related by Homer in the Iliad. Glaucus recognises Diomed on the battle-field, and…Brewer's: Epic
Father of epic poetry. Homer (about 950 B.C.), author of the Iliad and Odyssey. Celebrated epics are the Iliad, Odyssey, Æneid, Paradise Lost. The great Puritan epic. Milton's Paradise…Brewer's: Ilk
The surname of the person spoken of is the same as the name of his estate. It is quite a mistake to use the phrase “All that ilk” to signify all of that name or sort. Bethune of that ilk…The Iliad of Homer: Poseidon stirreth up the Achaians to defend the ships. The valour of Idomeneus
Book 12 Book 14 Poseidon stirreth up the Achaians to defend the ships. The valour of Idomeneus. Now Zeus, after that he had brought the Trojans and Hector to the ships, left them to…Brewer's: Hector
Eldest son of Priam, the noblest and most magnanimous of all the chieftains in Homer's Iliad (a Greek epic). After holding out for ten years, he was slain by Achilles, who lashed him to…The Iliad of Homer: How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded
Book 13 Book 15 How Sleep and Hera beguiled Zeus to slumber on the heights of Ida, and Poseidon spurred on the Achaians to resist Hector, and how Hector was wounded. Yet the cry…The Iliad of Homer: How Diomedes and Glaukos, being about to fight, were known to each other, and parted in friendliness. And how Hector returning to the city bade farewell to Andromache his wife
Book 5 Book 7 How Diomedes and Glaukos, being about to fight, were known to each other, and parted in friendliness. And how Hector returning to the city bade farewell to Andromache…The Iliad of Homer: Of the single combat between Alas and Hector, and of the burying of the dead, and the building of a wall about the Achaian ships
Book 6 Book 8 Of the single combat between Alas and Hector, and of the burying of the dead, and the building of a wall about the Achaian ships. So spake glorious Hector and issued…Walcott, Derek Alton
(Encyclopedia) Walcott, Derek Alton, 1930–2017, West Indian dramatist and poet, b. Castries, St. Lucia, grad. Univ. of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1953. His grandfathers were both white, one of…Trending
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