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A chil 'les -- also called Pelides, the hero of the "Iliad."
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca Adapted from the Third Book of the Primary Schools of Athens, Greece 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1879
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And Pelides himself, who crossed the river, [2494] overthrew Troy, and subdued
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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It will readily be seen that such a character, essentially intellectual, always moving within due measure, never breaking out into eccentricity or excess, would appeal less to the popular imagination than the fiery nature of Pelides, "strenuous, passionate, implacable, and fierce."
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'Vermin in account with the divine and long-legged Pelides.'
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Elsewhere Eumedes advances amid the fray, ancient Dolon's brood, illustrious in war, renewing his grandfather's name, his father's courage and strength of hand, who of old dared to claim Pelides 'chariot as his price if he went to spy out the Grecian camp; to him the son of
The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Achilles certainly, but equally unwilling with the great Pelides to resign Briseis as a substitute for Chryseis.
A Modern Telemachus Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Hellenic cause; but Hector, in the armor of Pelides, could not be deemed more unnatural by Hellas, than to the eye of reason, appears the strange sight of these
Cause and contrast : an essay on the American crisis, T. W. MacMahon 1862
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So, too, it was on the ensuing evening when Aurelia, to compensate for the last day's neglect, came primed with three or four pages of the conversation between Priam and Achilles, which she rehearsed with great feeling, thinking, like Pelides himself, of her own father and home.
Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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But when cloud-compelling Jove beheld him apart, accoutred in the armour of divine Pelides, then shaking his head, he said to his own soul:
The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840
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He spoke, and, brandishing, sent forth his long-shadowed spear, and struck the centre of Pelides 'shield, nor missed; but the spear was repelled far away from the shield.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1840
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