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654 ) ; they also rightly understand in a ridiculous light what is here said of the Persian king , which the writer of the Poet's life , and Mad . Dacier also , seriously report as a fact . 703. Is this the Thucydides , son of Melesias ...
654 ) ; they also rightly understand in a ridiculous light what is here said of the Persian king , which the writer of the Poet's life , and Mad . Dacier also , seriously report as a fact . 703. Is this the Thucydides , son of Melesias ...
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... like the Persian king , and that all mankind start out of their beds at his command ; that , when the kite makes his first appearance in the spring , every one prostrate themselves on the ground before it ; that , the Egyptians and ...
... like the Persian king , and that all mankind start out of their beds at his command ; that , when the kite makes his first appearance in the spring , every one prostrate themselves on the ground before it ; that , the Egyptians and ...
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The cock , called the Persian bird . 494. The festival was on the tenth day after the child's birth , at which time they named it . 924 . 501. The custom of rolling on the ground , when they first saw a kite in the spring - time .
The cock , called the Persian bird . 494. The festival was on the tenth day after the child's birth , at which time they named it . 924 . 501. The custom of rolling on the ground , when they first saw a kite in the spring - time .
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Persian slippers , worn by the Athenian women . The double chorus in this play is remarkable , one of old men , the other of women . 598. Αλλ ' όστις εστι , & c . There seems to be something wanting here . 633. Και φορησω το ξιφος .
Persian slippers , worn by the Athenian women . The double chorus in this play is remarkable , one of old men , the other of women . 598. Αλλ ' όστις εστι , & c . There seems to be something wanting here . 633. Και φορησω το ξιφος .
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Ib . Γενεθλια . ] The birthday of the Persian king was yearly observed by all Asia . Ib . Και Μεσσηνης . ] Messenia was a country far surpassing The time of this dialogue is towards the end of 92 NOTES ON PLATO .
Ib . Γενεθλια . ] The birthday of the Persian king was yearly observed by all Asia . Ib . Και Μεσσηνης . ] Messenia was a country far surpassing The time of this dialogue is towards the end of 92 NOTES ON PLATO .
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| Title | Notes on Aristophanes and Plato Volume 4 of The Works of Thomas Gray: In Prose and Verse, Edmund Gosse Volume 4 of Works in Prose and Verse, Edmund Gosse |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Editor | Edmund Gosse |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1884 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 8 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 4 pages |
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