The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... crowns with purple wine ; While the full bowl flows round the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long - contended Troy . And the same poet represents Menelaus as saying- Nor then should aught but death have torn apart From me so loving ...
... crowns with purple wine ; While the full bowl flows round the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long - contended Troy . And the same poet represents Menelaus as saying- Nor then should aught but death have torn apart From me so loving ...
Page 832
... crowns , and they proclaim their names at the public sacrifices and games ; announcing not only their general goodwill ... crown those cooks who have served up the most exquisite dishes . And among the Sybarites there were found baths in ...
... crowns , and they proclaim their names at the public sacrifices and games ; announcing not only their general goodwill ... crown those cooks who have served up the most exquisite dishes . And among the Sybarites there were found baths in ...
Page 836
... crown on his head , and wearing also white sandals . But some say that this was not done out of luxury , but owing to Democedes the physician , who was by birth a native of Crotona ; and who having lived with Polycrates the tyrant of ...
... crown on his head , and wearing also white sandals . But some say that this was not done out of luxury , but owing to Democedes the physician , who was by birth a native of Crotona ; and who having lived with Polycrates the tyrant of ...
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... crown with a clasp . And Alexander , when he became master of Asia , also adopted the Persian dress . But Demetrius outdid them all ; for the very shoes which he wore he had made in a most costly manner ; for in its form it was a kind ...
... crown with a clasp . And Alexander , when he became master of Asia , also adopted the Persian dress . But Demetrius outdid them all ; for the very shoes which he wore he had made in a most costly manner ; for in its form it was a kind ...
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... crowns , one of the keepers of his armoury , going beyond all previous flattery , having previously arranged the matter with Alexander , or- dered the herald to proclaim that Gorgos , the keeper of the armoury , presents Alexander , the ...
... crowns , one of the keepers of his armoury , going beyond all previous flattery , having previously arranged the matter with Alexander , or- dered the herald to proclaim that Gorgos , the keeper of the armoury , presents Alexander , the ...
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