The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-01-30
COLUMBUS. MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY JANUARY 80 1851

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The fourteenth book describes the great
distress Of the Greeks; and that the Troians
We're obliged to give way after this.
The fifteenth book relates the acts of
Ajax, who repelled the Troians.
The sixteenth book describes the fifth
battle. and the acts and death of Patroclus.
The seventeenth hook contains an ac-
count Of the seventh battle, which was for
the body of PatrocIls And the acts of
NIeneiaus. TIE great Meneialls defended
the body of Patrocius from the enemy.
The eighteenth book describes the grief
of Achilles for the death OF his friend; and
tile " armour made liinl BY Vulcan; the
noble shield Of Aehilles, &c.
The nineteenth books gives a descrip-
ton OF the reconciliation of Achilles and
Agameniaon, aid OF the restoration of Bril-
seis to Achilles.
Til tWentieth book describes the acts Of
Achilles upon hisreturn to tire field against
the Irolans, whom he pursues with great
slaughter
The lkeniy-fsst book contains an ac-
count OF the LATHE in the river Scamander,
between Achilles, and the river god, which
is rather extrava CANT.
Ihetwenty-seco book relates the death
Of Hector, who was Killed b. Achilles; and
the grief aid lamentations of his vie An
drolnacEc. a the event.
The tWenty-tliird and twenty-fourth
books contain the funeral Of Patroclus; and
the matters relating to Hector are undoubt-
edy' snperadded 10 the grand catastrophe
OF the poell; for the tory is completely fiji
ishsd with the death OF that hero III the
twenty-secolld book.
Eileas, was a Trojan prince the son of
Anckiees His sous name was Ascanius.
EneaS behaved with great valor in the
Trojan war, III defence of his country, and
came to an ehga genlent with Dionedcs aud
Achilles; Jet h,. lived al variance with Pri-
am King OF Troy. Wien Troy wa IL
ianles, he carried away upoI hi. shoulders
his father, A,lctiscS, together with his SOL
Ascani'ts, and left lis wife 10 follow.
-is4lenor, wa 1 Tfojan prince, related 10
Prian. |. was said tIlai hc kept up Sc
crct corresp- sayllcc Nsih the Greeks, and
chiefly viii, M,l,clau4 and Ulysses. Aca-
legoli was also TROJAN prince, falled Tor
the so,lndness of his cou,,sels aud his good
intentions. Echepol1ls. was also Trojan.
Antirhlls was a sea- Of Phi N, and was kill
u -A-sAI24NiiAL+Oti III ttAI A pm NftL
Leucus was a CIR, clan, and the colnpati-
Grccan, wen a. Idomcnens. Idomcn-
ems succeeded his father on the throne Of
Crete
Very soon after the death of Hector, the
Grecians took the city Of Troy.
1t wa neeessary .hai the princes IN the
IIliad -l,ol,ld be c'o'eric ard quarrct sonl,,
sI.p f1,f,
terrible effects o. "a oimrrclsosAc di-position.
Holaer's clliel moral was 10 expose the
i'll clIect- of diseofd. Tim IL the Iliad
princes; he ,.iiicI q whom Wa Achilles.
Achilles vas killed before Troy, by the
hand o. P4r, b. The shot of an arrow in
his heel, which was the only vulnerable
part about him.
Paris was killed by Pyrrhus, son Of
Ajax slew himself, after he lad a contest
with III sses for the arlnor OF Vulcan.
Heller, after the death III Paris, laarried
hi brother; bpt at length Men
claus her fist husband received her again
into his favor.
Aeamemnon at his return, was barbar- :
ously murdered by EgystE4us the insti- /
1dtI II 81 - ylrItlil~lds tll- " llc
Diomed, after he fall Of Troy, was ex-
PEELED his own country, and scarce escaped (
with his life from his vile Agiale; but at
last was received by Damlus in Apulia,
ana shared his kingdom. It is uncertain
how he died
Nestor lived in peace with his children,
n Pylos, his native country.
Ulysses also, after innumerable troubles
BY sea and land, at last returned in safety to
ithaca, which, is the subject of Homer,s
Odyssey.
1t seems desirable here to name few OF
he Heather gods, as some OF them are in
reduced in the writings of Homer, and of
)ther ancicnts Z.
The Oldest of these false gods was Time,
'alled also, Saturn. Jupiter, Neptune,
oluto Juno, and Ceres, were his children. +,
/ is said that he had others, but THAI he 5,
Ieyoured them, which is elnbiematical, of
Time destroying all things.
Jupiter was the father Of gods and men,
nd had the sovereignty of heaven.
Neptune was god of the sea.
Pluto, was god of the internal regions.
Juno was the Goddess of Kingdoms, {,
Queen oil. the Gods and Riches-the sister
nd wife of Jupiter. IS
Ceres was the Goddess of Agriculture. {
Mercury was the Messenger ofthe Gods,
on of Jupiter. God of Eloquence, and Pat
on of Commerce is drawn with wings
II his feet, and caduceus or wand, with IL
wo serpents about il, in his hand; and his =
ast Office was TO usher souls into hell, or t
ne. ElysiaI Fields. In
Mars was the God of War; BelIona the III
GODDESS. a
Minerva was the Goddess of Wisdom; h
allied also, Pallas. lie
A,,oll, fbo col, Of TtIritar WV the f<f1d lss