 Therewith the slayer of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with...  Custom and Myth - Página 150por Andrew Lang - 1885 - 312 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Homerus - 1879 - 518 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. Moly the gods call it, bat it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible. ' Then Hermes... | |
 | Homer - 1879 - 422 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the nature thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. The gods call it moly, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible.... | |
 | S. H. Butcher, A. Lang - 1883 - 470 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like...dig; howbeit with the gods all things are possible. ' Then Hermes departed toward high Olympus, up through the woodland isle, but as for me I held on my... | |
 | 1887 - 564 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the nature thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. The gods call it moly, but it is hard for mortal men to dig ; howbeit, with the gods all things are... | |
 | 1887 - 890 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the nature thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. The gods call it moly, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit, with the gods all things are... | |
 | 1889 - 646 páginas
...thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like milk. Moly, the gods call it, but it is nard for mortal men to dig ; howbeit with the gods all things are possible." We are helped to a conception of the antiquity of the Homeric poems when we recollect that the identification... | |
 | J. Milton - 1891 - 306 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like...dig ; howbeit with the gods all things are possible" (Butcher and Lang). Moly is the flower of ideal lands. Tennyson's Lotos-eaters lie "Propt on beds of... | |
 | John Milton - 1891 - 322 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the growth thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like...dig ; howbeit with the gods all things are possible" (Butcher and Lang). Moly is the flower of ideal lands. Tennyson's Lotos-eaters lie "Propt on beds of... | |
 | Agnes Mary Clerke - 1892 - 352 páginas
...of Argos gave me the plant that he had plucked from the ground, and he showed me the nature thereof. It was black at the root, but the flower was like to milk. The gods call it moly, but it is hard for mortal men to dig; howbeit, with the gods all things are... | |
 | 1895 - 508 páginas
...patched or hobnailed shoes. 2 A fabulous herb having the power to protect against the charms of Circe. " It was black at the root, but the flower was like...; howbeit, with the gods all things are possible. " (Odyssey, 303-306.) 3 A name probably coined by Milton from Haemonia fThessaly), a land once famous... | |
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