单词 | homeric catalogue of ships |
释义 | > as lemmasHomeric catalogue of ships Homeric catalogue n. (a) (also more fully Homeric catalogue of ships) a long and detailed listing of the contingents of the Achaean forces which sailed to Troy, given in the second book of Homer's Iliad; (b) (by extension) any similarly long or encyclopedic list. ΚΠ 1789 W. M. Heald Brunoniad (title page) A critical and truly Homerican Catalogue of our present Luminaries of Medicine.] 1804 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. V. 239/2 Controversies were decided respecting boundaries and prerogatives by lines from the Homeric catalogue of ships. 1837 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 196/1 The ‘Record’..presents us with quite a Homeric catalogue of speakers. 1894 Contemp. Rev. 65 858 The Caucasus itself..contains within its countless recesses a Homeric catalogue of nations whose names it is difficult to pronounce. 1897 H. F. Tozer Hist. Anc. Geogr. ii. 40 The cypress..gave its name to two places that occur in the Homeric catalogue, Cyparissus and Cyparisseis. 1922 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 Nov. 882/2 In the well-known Homeric catalogue of ships he [sc. Aesculapius] is spoken of as the father of the completely human physicians, Podaleirius and Machaon. 1992 New Yorker 27 Apr. 29/2 With that piece of personal history to get us going, the entire car ride turned into a Homeric catalogue of gynecological ills. < as lemmas |
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