 Moreover I beheld Tantalus in grievous torment, standing in a mere and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old man stooped down in his eagerness...  The Odyssey of Homer - Side 190af Homer - 1879 - 416 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Homerus - 1879 - 518 sider
...refers not to the living man, but to his phantom. levelled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him one on either side, and...and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
 | S. H. Butcher, A. Lang - 1883 - 470 sider
...refers not to the living man, but to his phantom. levelled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him one on either side, and...and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Burt - 1890 - 328 sider
...and stood around the prince, asking over the dead, his dooms through the wide-gated house of Hades. ' Moreover I beheld Tantalus in grievous torment, standing...and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood Tantalus straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as... | |
 | Alice Elizabeth Sawtelle Randall - 1896 - 136 sider
...saw Tityos, son of renowned Earth, lying on a leveled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him, one on either side,...went up to Pytho through the fair lawns of Panopeus." See also ^En, 6. 595 ; Met. 4. 457 ; 10. 43. TRIPTOLEMUS. — VG 26. See Ceres. TRITON. — FQ 3. 4.... | |
 | Alice Elizabeth Sawtelle Randall - 1896 - 136 sider
...saw Tityos, son of renowned Earth, lying on a leveled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him, one on either side,...went up to Pytho through the fair lawns of Panopeus." See also Mn. 6. 595 ; Met. 4. 457; 10. 43. TRIPTOLEMUS. — VS 26. See Ceres. TRITON.—FQ 3. 4. 33;... | |
 | Alice Elizabeth Sawtelle Randall - 1896 - 136 sider
...saw Tityos, son of renowned Earth, lying on a leveled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him, one on either side,...went up to Pytho through the fair lawns of Panopeus." See also Mn. 6. 595 ; Met. 4. 457 ; 10. 43. TRIPTOLEMUS. — TG 26. See Ceres. TRITON. — FQ 3. 4.... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 232 sider
...imagine that it had already fled it.' 614. Tantalus. Od. 11 : 582-587 : ' Moreover I beheld Tantalos in grievous torment, standing in a mere, and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood strain-ing as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 252 sider
...imagine that it had already fled it.' 614. Tantalus. Od. 11 : 582-587 : ' Moreover I beheld Tantalos in grievous torment, standing in a mere, and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 226 sider
...imagine that it had already fled it.' 614. Tantalus. Od. 11 : 582^587 : ' Moreover I beheld Tantalos in grievous torment, standing in a mere, and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 488 sider
...saw Tityos, son of renowned Earth, lying on a levelled ground, and he covered nine roods as he lay, and vultures twain beset him one on either side, and...and the water came nigh unto his chin. And he stood straining as one athirst, but he might not attain to the water to drink of it. For often as that old... | |
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