Dialogues: Namely, The Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, The Ferry-boat, EtcBell, 1888 - 291 pages |
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... received an enthusiastic recognition of his rare merits from the best scholars of the time . Among them towers conspicuously the illustrious Erasmus , one of the earliest translators ( 1514 ) , in conjunction with Sir Thomas More , of ...
... received an enthusiastic recognition of his rare merits from the best scholars of the time . Among them towers conspicuously the illustrious Erasmus , one of the earliest translators ( 1514 ) , in conjunction with Sir Thomas More , of ...
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... receiving the goblet from a beautiful boy , let your son pour out your wine , and as for you , Ganymede , hand the cup only to myself , and at each time kiss me twice : when you offer it full , and again whenever you take it back from ...
... receiving the goblet from a beautiful boy , let your son pour out your wine , and as for you , Ganymede , hand the cup only to myself , and at each time kiss me twice : when you offer it full , and again whenever you take it back from ...
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... received into heaven , where it was permitted him to sit at the Olympian table . He does not appear among the eminent criminals whom Odysseus meets in Hades , nor is he mentioned by Hesiod . Pindar ( IIv9 . 11. ) exhibits him as a ...
... received into heaven , where it was permitted him to sit at the Olympian table . He does not appear among the eminent criminals whom Odysseus meets in Hades , nor is he mentioned by Hesiod . Pindar ( IIv9 . 11. ) exhibits him as a ...
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... received the full complement of seven strings . From the tortoiseshell material it received its Latin name , testudo . See Smith's Dict . of Ant . art . Lyra . 66 2 The Caduceus ( as the páßdog was called by the Latins ) . By a slight ...
... received the full complement of seven strings . From the tortoiseshell material it received its Latin name , testudo . See Smith's Dict . of Ant . art . Lyra . 66 2 The Caduceus ( as the páßdog was called by the Latins ) . By a slight ...
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... received story that the petrified Niobe sheds tears , or the popular tales about lycanthropy , or that the Tritons blow through their shells , as the vulgar believe ( viii . 2 ) . Cf. viii . 8. With this expression of pious faith ...
... received story that the petrified Niobe sheds tears , or the popular tales about lycanthropy , or that the Tritons blow through their shells , as the vulgar believe ( viii . 2 ) . Cf. viii . 8. With this expression of pious faith ...
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