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... father and his Venusinian farm ; his education at Rome , and studies at Athens ; his military ser- vice under Brutus , and his promotion at the court of Augustus ; the names and personal qualities of all his intimate friends ; his ...
... father and his Venusinian farm ; his education at Rome , and studies at Athens ; his military ser- vice under Brutus , and his promotion at the court of Augustus ; the names and personal qualities of all his intimate friends ; his ...
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... father of poetry , by the father of history , and the few anecdotes , that have come down to us , relative to the Ascræan bard . The life of Homer , by Herodotus , is admitted to be a work of great antiquity , even by those , who doubt ...
... father of poetry , by the father of history , and the few anecdotes , that have come down to us , relative to the Ascræan bard . The life of Homer , by Herodotus , is admitted to be a work of great antiquity , even by those , who doubt ...
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... father was a native of Cumæ , in Æolia , the birth place of Homer's mother , from which he removed to Ascra , in Boeotia , on ac- count of debt . There are two different stories told , and copies of verses preserved , concerning ...
... father was a native of Cumæ , in Æolia , the birth place of Homer's mother , from which he removed to Ascra , in Boeotia , on ac- count of debt . There are two different stories told , and copies of verses preserved , concerning ...
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... father removed to Ascra . He was put * Πανίδου Ψηφος . ενθα με φημι Υμνω νικησαντα φερειν τριποδ ' ωιωενία , Τον μεν εγω Μουσης ελικωνιάδεσσ ' ανέθηκα . Works & Days , 636 . to death on suspicion of a crime , of which 30 INTRODUCTION .
... father removed to Ascra . He was put * Πανίδου Ψηφος . ενθα με φημι Υμνω νικησαντα φερειν τριποδ ' ωιωενία , Τον μεν εγω Μουσης ελικωνιάδεσσ ' ανέθηκα . Works & Days , 636 . to death on suspicion of a crime , of which 30 INTRODUCTION .
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... Father of Poetry , with such general consent , that I presume it will never more be questioned ; whether we consider it as im- plying seniority or superior excellence . If any of those , who can read him with facility in the original ...
... Father of Poetry , with such general consent , that I presume it will never more be questioned ; whether we consider it as im- plying seniority or superior excellence . If any of those , who can read him with facility in the original ...
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