Alcmenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices daily sent up to them, nor men enjoy the benefit of the seasons, nor the fruits of the earth, without permission from those winged deities of the middle region. He shows how mankind will lose nothing... The Birds of Aristophanes - Page xby Aristophanes - 1864 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1824 - 602 pages
...stopped between heaven and earth : the gods will no longer be able to visit at ease their Setneles and Alcmenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices...government ; that the birds may be worshipped at a far less expense, nothing more than a few berries or a handful of corn ; that they will need no sumptuous... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1824 - 624 pages
...be able to visit at ease their i Seraeles and Alcmenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices t daily sent up to them, nor men enjoy the benefit of the seasons, nor it the fruits of the earth, without permission from those winged deitiei of the middle region. He shows... | |
| Aristophanes - 1849 - 256 pages
...the spring, every one prostrates himself on the ground before it ; that the Egyptians and Phœnicians set about their harvest as soon as the cuckoo is heard...government ; that the birds may be worshipped at a far less expense, nothing more than a few berries or a handful of corn ; that they will need no sumptuous... | |
| Aristophanes - 1852 - 152 pages
...stopped between heaven and earth : the gods will no longer be able to visit at ease their Semelesand Alcmenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices...government ; that the birds may be worshipped at a far less expense, nothing more than a few berries or a handful of corn ; that they will need no sumptuous... | |
| Thomas Gray - English language - 1884 - 422 pages
...between heaven and earth : the gods will no longer be able to visit at ease their Semeles and Alerasenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices daily sent...government ; that the birds may be worshipped at a far less expense, nothing more than a few berries or a handful of corn ; that they will need no sumptuous... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1885 - 428 pages
...between heaven and earth : the gods will no longer be able to visit at ease their Semeles and Alemeenas below, nor feast on the fume of sacrifices daily sent...government ; that the birds may be worshipped at a far less expense, nothing more than a few berries or a handful of corn; that they will need no sumptuous... | |
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