Lucian's Dialogues: Namely the Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, the Ferry-boat, EtcG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 315 pages |
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... Menippus that he derides them for their lamenta- tions over the loss of the power , wealth , and luxury which belonged to them on earth . Menippus , in spite of Pluto's remonstrances , persists in his ridicule III . Menippus ridicules ...
... Menippus that he derides them for their lamenta- tions over the loss of the power , wealth , and luxury which belonged to them on earth . Menippus , in spite of Pluto's remonstrances , persists in his ridicule III . Menippus ridicules ...
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... Menippus , who is one of the passengers , avails him- self of the opportunity for ridiculing and railing at the bewailing ghosts 102 105 112 XI . Krates and Diogenes , meeting in Hades , indulge their satire on the subject of the fates ...
... Menippus , who is one of the passengers , avails him- self of the opportunity for ridiculing and railing at the bewailing ghosts 102 105 112 XI . Krates and Diogenes , meeting in Hades , indulge their satire on the subject of the fates ...
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... Menippus derides the fable and fate of Tantalus XVIII . Menippus desires Hermes to point out to him the beautiful women and handsome men celebrated by the poets . Hermes shows him the ghosts of the most famous of them , and , in ...
... Menippus derides the fable and fate of Tantalus XVIII . Menippus desires Hermes to point out to him the beautiful women and handsome men celebrated by the poets . Hermes shows him the ghosts of the most famous of them , and , in ...
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... Menippus . Menippus , disregarding the autho- rity of Homer , pronounces the ioorallos as well as the iooripia , in Hades , to be as complete as it is unalterable • XXVI . Cheiron imparts to Menippus his reason for pre- ferring Hades to ...
... Menippus . Menippus , disregarding the autho- rity of Homer , pronounces the ioorallos as well as the iooripia , in Hades , to be as complete as it is unalterable • XXVI . Cheiron imparts to Menippus his reason for pre- ferring Hades to ...
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... TRAGEDIAN 168 THE CONVICTED ZEUS 209 THE CONVENTION OF THE GODS 225 THE FERRY - BOAT : OR , THE TYRANT 237 MENIPPUS : OR , THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD . 262 INDEX b 283 PREFACE . FOR the few ascertained facts in the life CONTENTS . xi.
... TRAGEDIAN 168 THE CONVICTED ZEUS 209 THE CONVENTION OF THE GODS 225 THE FERRY - BOAT : OR , THE TYRANT 237 MENIPPUS : OR , THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD . 262 INDEX b 283 PREFACE . FOR the few ascertained facts in the life CONTENTS . xi.
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