So spake the god and heavenward took his flight
- DMI number:
- 4799
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- So spake the god and heavenward took his flight
- Last Line:
- Till sorrow seemed to wear one common face
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Epic, Couplet, and Lament
- Themes:
- Death, Grief / sadness / melancholy, and War
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- William Congreve
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- McKenzie II: 303-6.
- Title:
- Examen Poeticum being the third part of miscellany poems [N6500]
- Page No(s):
- pp.123-127
- Poem Title:
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles, For the Body of his Son Hector. Translated from the Greek of Homer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R122]
- Page No(s):
- pp.207-214
- Poem Title:
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition To Achilles, For the Body of his Son Hector. Translated from the Greek of Homer, [Greek: Iliad reference].
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- Examen poeticum: being the third part of miscellany poems [ESTC R228541]
- Page No(s):
- pp.207-214
- Poem Title:
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition To Achilles, For the Body of his Son Hector. Translated from the Greek of Homer, [Greek: Iliad reference].
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- The third part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.93-96
- Poem Title:
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles, for the Body of his Son Hector. Translated from the Greek of Homer, [Greek].
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- Title:
- The third part of miscellany poems [N49205]
- Page No(s):
- pp.94-97
- Poem Title:
- Priam's Lamentation and Petition to Achilles, for the Body of his Son Hector. Translated from the Greek of Homer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
Poem Aliases
Homer. Iliad. Book 24.
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