The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... treatise on Pleasure , speaks as follows- " Tyrants and kings , having all kinds of good things in their power , and having had experience of all things , place pleasure in the first rank , on the ground that pleasure makes the nature ...
... treatise on Pleasure , speaks as follows- " Tyrants and kings , having all kinds of good things in their power , and having had experience of all things , place pleasure in the first rank , on the ground that pleasure makes the nature ...
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... treatise on the Collection of Books , states to have been Dionysius who was surnamed Leather - armed ; but Artemon was not aware that Ephorus the historian mentions him as being an older man than the other , and as having been the man ...
... treatise on the Collection of Books , states to have been Dionysius who was surnamed Leather - armed ; but Artemon was not aware that Ephorus the historian mentions him as being an older man than the other , and as having been the man ...
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... treatise on Serious Studies and Amusements , says that " Archytas of Tarentum , who was both a statesman and a philosopher , having many slaves , was always delighted at his entertainments when any of them came to his banquets . But the ...
... treatise on Serious Studies and Amusements , says that " Archytas of Tarentum , who was both a statesman and a philosopher , having many slaves , was always delighted at his entertainments when any of them came to his banquets . But the ...
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... treatise on the Temple of Diana at Ephesus ; where , relating their excessive effeminacy , and the dyed garments which they used to wear , he uses these expressions : - " And as for the violet and purple robes of the Ionians , and their ...
... treatise on the Temple of Diana at Ephesus ; where , relating their excessive effeminacy , and the dyed garments which they used to wear , he uses these expressions : - " And as for the violet and purple robes of the Ionians , and their ...
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... treatise on Pleasure , says that the Samians , being most extravagantly luxurious , de- stroyed the city , out of their meanness to one another , as effectually as the Sybarites destroyed theirs . 31. But the Colophonians ( as ...
... treatise on Pleasure , says that the Samians , being most extravagantly luxurious , de- stroyed the city , out of their meanness to one another , as effectually as the Sybarites destroyed theirs . 31. But the Colophonians ( as ...
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