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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3771 |
| AUTHOR: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744) |
| QUOTATION: | Heav’d on Olympus tott’ring Ossa stood; On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Odyssey of Homer. Book xi. Line 387. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.—Ovid: Metamorphoses i. [back] |
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