The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 822
... leaving nothing in the wo pou a libation to Hercules , if he had no regard plecmod or why are the hot springs which rise out of roun & uurcoreally mud to be sacred to Hercules ; or why puu cha habit of calling soft couches the beds of ...
... leaving nothing in the wo pou a libation to Hercules , if he had no regard plecmod or why are the hot springs which rise out of roun & uurcoreally mud to be sacred to Hercules ; or why puu cha habit of calling soft couches the beds of ...
Page 835
... leave of the regulators of the women , and without one 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 ...
... leave of the regulators of the women , and without one 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 ...
Page 849
... leave behind me . For these reasons I never ceased one single day from pleasure . But Clitarchus , in the fourth book of his History of Alexander , says that Sardanapalus died of old age after he had lost the sovereignty over the ...
... leave behind me . For these reasons I never ceased one single day from pleasure . But Clitarchus , in the fourth book of his History of Alexander , says that Sardanapalus died of old age after he had lost the sovereignty over the ...
Page 854
... leave it uncertain whether he means that he harnessed the prosti- tutes in his chariot like horses , or merely that he made them mount his four - horsed chariot . And Possis , in the third book of his History of the Affairs of Magnesia ...
... leave it uncertain whether he means that he harnessed the prosti- tutes in his chariot like horses , or merely that he made them mount his four - horsed chariot . And Possis , in the third book of his History of the Affairs of Magnesia ...
Page 875
... leave out of the question all the pleasures arising from amorous indulgences , and all those which are caused by hearing sweet sounds , and all those motions which are excited by figures which are pleasant to the sight . " And ...
... leave out of the question all the pleasures arising from amorous indulgences , and all those which are caused by hearing sweet sounds , and all those motions which are excited by figures which are pleasant to the sight . " And ...
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