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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Page v
... Herakles quarrel on a question of pre- cedence in heaven . XIV . Apollo recounts to Hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus , and his grief for the same XV . Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephaestus the possession of his ...
... Herakles quarrel on a question of pre- cedence in heaven . XIV . Apollo recounts to Hermes the manner of the death of Hyakinthus , and his grief for the same XV . Hermes and Apollo envy the deformed Hephaestus the possession of his ...
Page ix
... 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 XVII . Menippus derides the fable and fate of Tantalus ...
... 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 XVII . Menippus derides the fable and fate of Tantalus ...
Page xiv
... of Moschus ( in which Europe and Asia appear in a dream to the daughter of Kadmus , and contend for her possession ) , as well as by the Choice of Herakles of Prodikus and Xenophon . Se מי 1 . es Te 18 -al er n xiv PREFACE .
... of Moschus ( in which Europe and Asia appear in a dream to the daughter of Kadmus , and contend for her possession ) , as well as by the Choice of Herakles of Prodikus and Xenophon . Se מי 1 . es Te 18 -al er n xiv PREFACE .
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... Herakles . Zeus . Do , Asklepius and Herakles , stop your wrangling , just for all the world as if you were a couple of mortals ; for this sort of behaviour is unseemly , and quite strange to the banquets of the Gods . Herakles . But ...
... Herakles . Zeus . Do , Asklepius and Herakles , stop your wrangling , just for all the world as if you were a couple of mortals ; for this sort of behaviour is unseemly , and quite strange to the banquets of the Gods . Herakles . But ...
Page 26
... Herakles , altogether forgotten your having been burned to ashes on Mt. Eta , that you throw in my teeth this fire you talk of ? Herakles . We have not lived at all an equal or similar sort of life — I who am the son of Zeus , and have ...
... Herakles , altogether forgotten your having been burned to ashes on Mt. Eta , that you throw in my teeth this fire you talk of ? Herakles . We have not lived at all an equal or similar sort of life — I who am the son of Zeus , and have ...
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