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A Supernaturalised Battle Piece (from the XVIIIth Book of Iliad) extract   poetry   "Up, in his might, he arose - Achilles, the favored of"
First known date: 1855 Issue Details: First known date: 1855... 1855 A Supernaturalised Battle Piece (from the XVIIIth Book of Iliad)
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1855 onwards. For further details, see The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century: An Analytical Finding List by Elizabeth Holt and Elizabeth Perkins (Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002).

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Alternative title: A Supernaturalised Battle Piece from Homer
First line of verse: "Up he rose in the might of his soul,"
Notes:
62 lines
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire 30 August 1860 Z1760396 1860 newspaper issue 1860 pg. 5
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z459555 1984 selected work poetry satire 'This collection represents one version of almost every poem written by Charles Harpur, with the omission of some translations and paraphrases. The verse drama, "Stalwart the Bushranger", and the fragments of the dramatic poem "King Saul" are not included. ... The collection is edited from Harpur's manuscript poems held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and from printed copies in colonial newspapers when no manuscript version existed.' (Preface) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 pg. 650-654
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The Iliad Homer , 800 BCE single work poetry
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