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  • I'm still a bit confused about the stories of Fiere Margariete and Paep Thoon, but at least I now know the details, even if I can't quite see the point.

    Linkspam for 12-6-2009 nwhyte 2009

  • And that vessel which extends to the vertebra of the neck and the backbone, stretches back again along the backbone; as Homer represents in the lines: — (Antilochus, as Thoon turned him round),

    The History of Animals 2002

  • Proreus, Thoon, Anabesineus, and Amphialus son of Polyneus son of

    The Odyssey 1900

  • He then gave chase to Xanthus and Thoon, the two sons of Phaenops, both of them very dear to him, for he was now worn out with age, and begat no more sons to inherit his possessions.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • Deiopites and wounded him on the shoulder with a downward blow; then he killed Thoon and Ennomus.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • He laid open the vein that runs all the way up the back to the neck; he cut this vein clean away throughout its whole course, and Thoon fell in the dust face upwards, stretching out his hands imploringly towards his comrades.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • The Trojans led by him and by Iamenus, Orestes, Adamas the son of Asius, Thoon and Oenomaus, raised a loud cry of battle and made straight for the wall, holding their shields of dry ox-hide above their heads; for a while the two defenders remained inside and cheered the Achaeans on to stand firm in the defence of their ships; when, however, they saw that the

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • Antilochus spied his chance, flew forward towards Thoon, and wounded him as he was turning round.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • His own ostensible profession was medicine, and his knowledge included, like that of Thoon the Egyptian's wife,

    Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 of Samosata Lucian 1894

  • And first he wounded noble Deiopites, from above, in the shoulder, leaping on him with sharp spear, and next he slew Thoon and Ennomos, and next Chersidamas, being leapt down from his chariot, he smote with the spear on the navel beneath the bossy shield, and he fell in the dust and clutched the ground with the hollow of his hand.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

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