Lucian's Dialogues: Namely the Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, the Ferry-boat, Etc |
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Page 168
... Timokles : which all - important controversy he had chanced to over- hear when present , on the day preceding , at a sacrificial feast given to the Gods at Athens . He proceeds to request the opinions of the three divini- ties upon the ...
... Timokles : which all - important controversy he had chanced to over- hear when present , on the day preceding , at a sacrificial feast given to the Gods at Athens . He proceeds to request the opinions of the three divini- ties upon the ...
Page 169
... inferiority , and confused and illogical method , of their apologist , and advises that an associate - advocate be supplied to him , to whom alone it should be allowed to speak , Timokles acting merely ZEUS THE TRAGEDIAN . 169.
... inferiority , and confused and illogical method , of their apologist , and advises that an associate - advocate be supplied to him , to whom alone it should be allowed to speak , Timokles acting merely ZEUS THE TRAGEDIAN . 169.
Page 170
... Timokles acting merely as his prompter . The opportunity is not lost by Momus for sar- castic allusion to Apollo's own confused prophetical style ; and , ridiculing the proposition of an associate - advocate , he calls upon him ...
... Timokles acting merely as his prompter . The opportunity is not lost by Momus for sar- castic allusion to Apollo's own confused prophetical style ; and , ridiculing the proposition of an associate - advocate , he calls upon him ...
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... Timokles , Damis . Hermes . O Zeus ! why pensive mutter'st inward words , Re - pacing , lonely , as a student pale ? To counsel call me : cast on me thy care , Scorn not thy servant's chat nonsensical ! 1 Athena . Yea , thou supreme of ...
... Timokles , Damis . Hermes . O Zeus ! why pensive mutter'st inward words , Re - pacing , lonely , as a student pale ? To counsel call me : cast on me thy care , Scorn not thy servant's chat nonsensical ! 1 Athena . Yea , thou supreme of ...
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... Timokles the Stoic , and Damis the Epikurean , Hera , yesterday , from some discourse or other begun be- tween them , were disputing on the subject of Providence , in the presence of a very numerous and select audience-- a circumstance ...
... Timokles the Stoic , and Damis the Epikurean , Hera , yesterday , from some discourse or other begun be- tween them , were disputing on the subject of Providence , in the presence of a very numerous and select audience-- a circumstance ...
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