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... birds with bird - lime , or else an image sitting upon a tomb . ἐιμὶ δὲ κῆρ τυμβούχος . Anthol . Pal . vii . 154 . One thing is clear : at the time of Homer and Hero- dotus they were firmly established in the popular belief , and ...
... birds with bird - lime , or else an image sitting upon a tomb . ἐιμὶ δὲ κῆρ τυμβούχος . Anthol . Pal . vii . 154 . One thing is clear : at the time of Homer and Hero- dotus they were firmly established in the popular belief , and ...
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... bird god became unthinkable ; the animal and the bird went the way of the snake , and radiant deities were in their place . Great , indeed , was the achievement that raised such creations upon the old , noisome soil of barbaric religion ...
... bird god became unthinkable ; the animal and the bird went the way of the snake , and radiant deities were in their place . Great , indeed , was the achievement that raised such creations upon the old , noisome soil of barbaric religion ...
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... birds . The word μήνιμα Mvua is usually translated " a cause of divine wrath , ' and the phrase is thus made to mean " The gods will curse you for my sake . " It is a singularly indirect way of saying it , especially for both a poet and ...
... birds . The word μήνιμα Mvua is usually translated " a cause of divine wrath , ' and the phrase is thus made to mean " The gods will curse you for my sake . " It is a singularly indirect way of saying it , especially for both a poet and ...
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... bird , stand by an altar , or lift his hands in prayer with equal confidence . Paul told them that they were deiridaμoveσ- Tépovs , and the word did not give them offence . They had inherited the reverent fear from their remotest ...
... bird , stand by an altar , or lift his hands in prayer with equal confidence . Paul told them that they were deiridaμoveσ- Tépovs , and the word did not give them offence . They had inherited the reverent fear from their remotest ...
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... birds , whose solitary habits gave them individuality , were the subject of ob- servation . The bird that was ofos became oiwvós . The derivation is akin to viwvós from viós , and Kowvwvós from Koós . Their flight , their swift turns ...
... birds , whose solitary habits gave them individuality , were the subject of ob- servation . The bird that was ofos became oiwvós . The derivation is akin to viwvós from viós , and Kowvwvós from Koós . Their flight , their swift turns ...
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