The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... female eunuchs instead of male eunuchs . But Clearchus , in the fourth book of his Lives , says " The Lydians , out of luxury , made parks ; and having planted them like gardens , made them very shady , thinking it a refinement in ...
... female eunuchs instead of male eunuchs . But Clearchus , in the fourth book of his Lives , says " The Lydians , out of luxury , made parks ; and having planted them like gardens , made them very shady , thinking it a refinement in ...
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... female tyrant , in the person of one of those who had been ravished in this way , by name Omphale . And she was the first to inflict on the Lydians the punishment that they deserved . For to be governed and insulted by a woman is a ...
... female tyrant , in the person of one of those who had been ravished in this way , by name Omphale . And she was the first to inflict on the Lydians the punishment that they deserved . For to be governed and insulted by a woman is a ...
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... female servants wait on the men in a state of nudity . And Theopompus , in the forty - third book of his History , states , that it is a law among the Tyrrhenians that all their women should be in common : and that the women pay the ...
... female servants wait on the men in a state of nudity . And Theopompus , in the forty - third book of his History , states , that it is a law among the Tyrrhenians that all their women should be in common : and that the women pay the ...
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... female fluteplayer from among the Cardians . And this female fluteplayer coming to the Bisalta , taught many of their fluteplayers ; and when they had learnt sufficiently , he took them in his army against the Cardians . And when the ...
... female fluteplayer from among the Cardians . And this female fluteplayer coming to the Bisalta , taught many of their fluteplayers ; and when they had learnt sufficiently , he took them in his army against the Cardians . And when the ...
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... female servant following them , ) — Phylarchus , I say , states , that " the Sybarites , having given loose to their luxury , made a law that women might be in- vited to banquets , and that those who intended to invite them to sacred ...
... female servant following them , ) — Phylarchus , I say , states , that " the Sybarites , having given loose to their luxury , made a law that women might be in- vited to banquets , and that those who intended to invite them to sacred ...
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