The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... slaves and to mean men ; on which account they are contracted in their natural dis- positions . And the city of the Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple ...
... slaves and to mean men ; on which account they are contracted in their natural dis- positions . And the city of the Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple ...
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... slaves , in the very same place in which she herself had been ravished . And then having forcibly collected them all in this place , she shut up the mistresses with their slaves . On which account the Lydians , wishing to soften the bit ...
... slaves , in the very same place in which she herself had been ravished . And then having forcibly collected them all in this place , she shut up the mistresses with their slaves . On which account the Lydians , wishing to soften the bit ...
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... slaves , was always delighted at his entertainments when any of them came to his banquets . But the Sybarites delighted only in Maltese puppy dogs , and in men which were no men . ” 17. The Sybarites used to wear also garments made of ...
... slaves , was always delighted at his entertainments when any of them came to his banquets . But the Sybarites delighted only in Maltese puppy dogs , and in men which were no men . ” 17. The Sybarites used to wear also garments made of ...
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... slaves , continued to beat him after he had sought an asylum in a temple ; but when at last he fled to the tomb of his father , he let him go , out of shame . But their whole revenues were dissipated by the way in which they rivalled ...
... slaves , continued to beat him after he had sought an asylum in a temple ; but when at last he fled to the tomb of his father , he let him go , out of shame . But their whole revenues were dissipated by the way in which they rivalled ...
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... slave in Cardia ; and having lived as a slave to one of the Cardians , he had been taught the trade of a barber . And the Car- dians had an oracle warning them that the Bisaltæ would some day invade them ; and they very often used to ...
... slave in Cardia ; and having lived as a slave to one of the Cardians , he had been taught the trade of a barber . And the Car- dians had an oracle warning them that the Bisaltæ would some day invade them ; and they very often used to ...
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