The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... drinks of it but the king alone , and the eldest of his sons . And if any one else drinks of it , the punishment is death . 10. But Xenophon , in the eighth book of his Cyropædia , says " They still used at that time to practise the ...
... drinks of it but the king alone , and the eldest of his sons . And if any one else drinks of it , the punishment is death . 10. But Xenophon , in the eighth book of his Cyropædia , says " They still used at that time to practise the ...
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... drink , and very handsome . And that the Tyrrhenians bring up all the children that are born , no one knowing to what father each child belongs : and the children , too , live in the same manner as those who have brought them up ...
... drink , and very handsome . And that the Tyrrhenians bring up all the children that are born , no one knowing to what father each child belongs : and the children , too , live in the same manner as those who have brought them up ...
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... drinking , and are about to go to sleep , while the lights are still burning , the servants introduce sometimes courtesans , and sometimes beautiful boys , and sometimes women ; and when they have enjoyed them , they proceed to acts of ...
... drinking , and are about to go to sleep , while the lights are still burning , the servants introduce sometimes courtesans , and sometimes beautiful boys , and sometimes women ; and when they have enjoyed them , they proceed to acts of ...
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... drinking at the wine - sellers ' . But the Chalce- donians , before they became members of the same city with them , were men who at all times cultivated better habits and principles of life ; but after they had tasted of the democracy ...
... drinking at the wine - sellers ' . But the Chalce- donians , before they became members of the same city with them , were men who at all times cultivated better habits and principles of life ; but after they had tasted of the democracy ...
Page 845
... drink , And sing loose songs at Syracusan feasts , And how to share in Sybaritic banquets , And to drink Chian wine in Spartan cups . But Plato , in his Epistles , says " It was with this inten- tion that I went to Italy and Sicily ...
... drink , And sing loose songs at Syracusan feasts , And how to share in Sybaritic banquets , And to drink Chian wine in Spartan cups . But Plato , in his Epistles , says " It was with this inten- tion that I went to Italy and Sicily ...
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