Dialogues: Namely, The Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, The Ferry-boat, EtcBell, 1888 - 291 pages |
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Page vii
... Diogenes commissions Polydeukes , about to return to the upper world , to inform Menippus of the actual condition of things in the land of shades , and to deliver admonitory messages to various sorts of men -the rich , the powerful ...
... Diogenes commissions Polydeukes , about to return to the upper world , to inform Menippus of the actual condition of things in the land of shades , and to deliver admonitory messages to various sorts of men -the rich , the powerful ...
Page viii
... Diogenes , meeting in Hades , indulge their satire on the subject of the fates of two millionaire merchants ( cousins ) who had been constantly plot- ting , in the usual manner , each for the other's legacy , and who had both perished ...
... Diogenes , meeting in Hades , indulge their satire on the subject of the fates of two millionaire merchants ( cousins ) who had been constantly plot- ting , in the usual manner , each for the other's legacy , and who had both perished ...
Page ix
... Diogenes , the Cynic , expresses his astonishment to Herakles at seeing the son of Zeus in Hades , like the rest . That hero pretends that his actual self is in heaven , while it is his eidolon , or phantom , which is among the dead ...
... Diogenes , the Cynic , expresses his astonishment to Herakles at seeing the son of Zeus in Hades , like the rest . That hero pretends that his actual self is in heaven , while it is his eidolon , or phantom , which is among the dead ...
Page x
... Diogenes demands of Mausolus , the Karian satrap , the reason of his arrogance and pride , and ridi- cules the vanity of his grandeur and power on earth , and , in particular , the uselessness to him of his magnificent tomb at ...
... Diogenes demands of Mausolus , the Karian satrap , the reason of his arrogance and pride , and ridi- cules the vanity of his grandeur and power on earth , and , in particular , the uselessness to him of his magnificent tomb at ...
Page 67
... Hist . Nat . ix . 29. Plutarch ( Пepi Tns apkopayias ) represents Diogenes the Cynic as swallowing one of these creatures uncooked . V. PANOPE RELATES TO GALENE THE SCENE OF THE INTRODUCTION DIALOGUES OF THE SEA - GODS . 67.
... Hist . Nat . ix . 29. Plutarch ( Пepi Tns apkopayias ) represents Diogenes the Cynic as swallowing one of these creatures uncooked . V. PANOPE RELATES TO GALENE THE SCENE OF THE INTRODUCTION DIALOGUES OF THE SEA - GODS . 67.
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