"But the lord, the Shaker of Earth, kept no blind watch, for he sat marvelling at the war and the battle, high on the …"

"The lofty height of Samothrace appears in Homer in a very picturesque connection with the scenery of Troy. He describ…"

"... and to the Thracian Samos that is now called Samothrace."

"Insula importuosissima omnium."

"The most harbourless of all isles."

"The Isle of Samothrace gives its name to a stone which it produces, black and imponderous, and similar to wood in app…"

"Now doth not summer’s sunny smile Sink soft o’er that Ionian isle, While round the kindling waters sweep The murmured…"

"A hoary gleam through boughs prevailing Tells me how near the ocean lies, Here caged in many a waveless lake By cypre…"

"Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀπέβη, ἐκράτει τε τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐδῄου ἐξειργασμένην μὲν παγκάλως καὶ πεφυτευμένην τὴν χώραν, μεγαλοπρεπεῖς δὲ ο…"

"The sea lifted smooth blue muscles of wave as it stirred in the dawn light, and the foam of our wake spread gently be…"