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... Whan he for ferde out of his Delphos sterte . " As the Filostrato has no corresponding lines , this trait of Cre- seyde's character may have been suggested by Statius ' portrayal of Capaneus . Cf. Theb . III . 611 " Non si ipse cavo sub ...
... Whan he for ferde out of his Delphos sterte . " As the Filostrato has no corresponding lines , this trait of Cre- seyde's character may have been suggested by Statius ' portrayal of Capaneus . Cf. Theb . III . 611 " Non si ipse cavo sub ...
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... Whan Tydeus slough fifty knightes stoute , She tolde eek al the prophesyes by herte , And how that sevene kinges with her route , Bisegeden the citee al aboute ; And of the holy serpent and the welle , And of the furies , al she gan him ...
... Whan Tydeus slough fifty knightes stoute , She tolde eek al the prophesyes by herte , And how that sevene kinges with her route , Bisegeden the citee al aboute ; And of the holy serpent and the welle , And of the furies , al she gan him ...
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... whan the citee was in doute . " On the day after the seer had made his midnight attack upon the Theban intrenchments , the Argive host assailed the city with renewed fury . The blare of trumpets sounded the attack , but Thiodamas is not ...
... whan the citee was in doute . " On the day after the seer had made his midnight attack upon the Theban intrenchments , the Argive host assailed the city with renewed fury . The blare of trumpets sounded the attack , but Thiodamas is not ...
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... Whan Theseus , with werres longe and grete , The aspre folk of Cithe had over - come , With laurer crouned , in his char gold - bete , Hoom to his contre - houses is y - come ; - For which the peple blisful , al and somme , So cryden ...
... Whan Theseus , with werres longe and grete , The aspre folk of Cithe had over - come , With laurer crouned , in his char gold - bete , Hoom to his contre - houses is y - come ; - For which the peple blisful , al and somme , So cryden ...
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... whan the citee was in doute " ( E. 1718-21 ) . Chaucer evidently had in mind some memorable occasion on which Thiodamus blew his trumpet at Thebes . Thiodamus ' first action after his election as successor of Amphiaraus was to offer ...
... whan the citee was in doute " ( E. 1718-21 ) . Chaucer evidently had in mind some memorable occasion on which Thiodamus blew his trumpet at Thebes . Thiodamus ' first action after his election as successor of Amphiaraus was to offer ...
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