When kings advise us to renounce our fame
- DMI number:
- 31580
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When kings advise us to renounce our fame
- Last Line:
- To combat conquer and extirpate Troy
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history, Mythology, and War
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from the Iliad, Book IX. Twickenham edition VII.
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.207-208
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Homer
- Attributed To:
- Homer
Poem Aliases
Pope. Iliad. Book 9.
Homer. Iliad. Book 9.
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