 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1871 - 616 pages
...eternally, Casteth its glance thereon, And she, Athena, with the clear, grey eyes. ANTISTROPH. II. And yet another praise is mine to sing, Gift of the...her sparkling sea. Poseidon, son of Kronos, Lord and King,2 To Thee this boast we owe, For first in these our streets Thou to the untamed horse Did'st use... | |
 | Sophocles - Greek literature - 1902 - 748 pages
...sees eternally, Casteth its glance thereon, And she, Athena, with the clear, grey eyes. ANTISTROPHE II And yet another praise is mine to sing, Gift of the...city, mother of us all, Her greatest, noblest boast, 1 The anachronism which makes CEdipus anticipate the Dorian migration may be pardoned by those who... | |
 | Aeschylus, Sophocles - 1902 - 514 pages
...new and sturdy shoot. The "young" invader is probably Xerxes, the " old " Archidamos or Mardonios. Famed for her goodly steeds, Famed for her bounding...her sparkling sea. Poseidon, son of Kronos, Lord and King,1 To Thee this boast we owe, For first in these our streets Thou to the untamed horse Did'st use... | |
 | Aeschylus, Sophocles - 1902 - 654 pages
...she, Athena, with the clear, grey eyes. ANTISTROPHE II And yet another praise is mine to sing, 71° Gift of the mighty God To this our city, mother of us all, Her greatest, noblest boast, 1 The anachronism which makes CEdipus anticipate the Dorian migration may be pardoned by those who... | |
 | William Taylor - 1922 - 162 pages
...freshly green, The clear-voiced nightingale Still haunts and pours her song, By purpling ivy hid. * * * And yet another praise is mine to sing, Gift of the...for her bounding colts, Famed for her sparkling sea. —CEdipus at Colonos. Above I quote from the famous Greek author, his hint that a city of thy desire... | |
 | Charles Alexander Robinson - History - 1959 - 180 pages
...sees eternally, Casteth its glance thereon, And she, Athena, with the clear, grey eyes. Antistrophe 2 And yet another praise is mine to sing, Gift of the...colts, Famed for her sparkling sea. Poseidon, son of Cronus, Lord and King, To Thee this boast we owe, For first in these our streets Thou to the untamed... | |
 | Thomas Price, William Hendry Stowell, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - Books - 1866 - 610 pages
...boast;— Of the great God supreme, Famed in its bounding colts, Famed in its goodly steeds, Famed in its sparkling sea : Poseidon, son of Kronos, Lord and...To Thee this boast we owe, For first in these our plains Thou to the untamed horse Didst use the conquering bit. And here the well-shaped oar, By skilled... | |
 | Sophocles - 1906 - 510 pages
...she, Athena, with the clear, grey eyes. ANTISTROPHE II And yet another praise is mine to sing, n ' Gift of the mighty God To this our city, mother of us all, Her greatest, noblest boast, 1 The anachronism which makes CEdipus anticipate the Dorian migration may be pardoned by those who... | |
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Lord and King, To Thee this boast we owe, For first in these our streets Thou to the untamed horse Did'st use the conquering bit: And here the well-shaped oar, By skilled hands deftly plied, Still leapeth through the sea, Following in wondrous guise,... 