But when the powers descending swelled the fight
- DMI number:
- 31609
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- But when the powers descending swelled the fight
- Last Line:
- Abhorred by men and dreadful even to gods
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history and Mythology
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from the Iliad, Book XX. Twickenham edition VIII.
- 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.227-228
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Homer
- Attributed To:
- Homer
Poem Aliases
Pope. Iliad. Book 20.
Homer. Iliad. Book 20.
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