The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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Page 824
... wear on their heads , showed plainly enough their extreme devotion to luxury . For it was made , according to the account of Dinon , of myrrh and of something called labyzus . And the labyzus is a sweet - smelling plant , and more ...
... wear on their heads , showed plainly enough their extreme devotion to luxury . For it was made , according to the account of Dinon , of myrrh and of something called labyzus . And the labyzus is a sweet - smelling plant , and more ...
Page 826
... wear shaggy gloves and finger - stalls ; and in summer they are not satisfied with the shade of the trees and of the rocks , but they also have men placed in them to contrive additional means of producing shade . " And in the passage ...
... wear shaggy gloves and finger - stalls ; and in summer they are not satisfied with the shade of the trees and of the rocks , but they also have men placed in them to contrive additional means of producing shade . " And in the passage ...
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... wear purple robes , and curls braided with gold . And it is a custom with them also to breed up in their houses little mannikins and dwarfs ( as Timon says ) , who are called by some people στíλπøves ; and also little Maltese dogs ...
... wear purple robes , and curls braided with gold . And it is a custom with them also to breed up in their houses little mannikins and dwarfs ( as Timon says ) , who are called by some people στíλπøves ; and also little Maltese dogs ...
Page 832
... wear also garments made of Milesian wool , from which there arose a great friendship be- tween the two cities , as Timæus relates . For of the inhabitants of Italy , the Milesians gave the preference to the Tyrrhenians , and of ...
... wear also garments made of Milesian wool , from which there arose a great friendship be- tween the two cities , as Timæus relates . For of the inhabitants of Italy , the Milesians gave the preference to the Tyrrhenians , and of ...
Page 835
... wear golden ornaments , nor garments embroidered with flowers , nor robes with purple borders , unless they pro- fessed that they were public prostitutes ; and that there was another law , that a man should not adorn his person , nor wear ...
... wear golden ornaments , nor garments embroidered with flowers , nor robes with purple borders , unless they pro- fessed that they were public prostitutes ; and that there was another law , that a man should not adorn his person , nor wear ...
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