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 xvii
... already stated , he died at an advanced age , but at what date is quite uncertain . 66 Such are the somewhat meagre facts collected from his writings . To these his earlier biographers or critics , led by the lexicographer Suidas , have ...
... already stated , he died at an advanced age , but at what date is quite uncertain . 66 Such are the somewhat meagre facts collected from his writings . To these his earlier biographers or critics , led by the lexicographer Suidas , have ...
Page xxiii
... already brought it into use . In the following century , Antisthenes also employed it . As for the ethical character of Lucian , if we may trust to his own representation of himself , it deserves high praise . In the Dream , among the ...
... already brought it into use . In the following century , Antisthenes also employed it . As for the ethical character of Lucian , if we may trust to his own representation of himself , it deserves high praise . In the Dream , among the ...
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... already abounded ad nauseam , and to have erected another system of " philo- sophy " would have been only to add to the existing confu- sion . The work immediately and urgently needed was that of complete destruction , and the clearing ...
... already abounded ad nauseam , and to have erected another system of " philo- sophy " would have been only to add to the existing confu- sion . The work immediately and urgently needed was that of complete destruction , and the clearing ...
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... already endured dreadful sufferings . Zeus . Set you free , say you ? you who ought to have heavier fetters , and all Caucasus heaped on your head ; and not only your liver gnawed by sixteen vultures , but also your eyes scooped out ...
... already endured dreadful sufferings . Zeus . Set you free , say you ? you who ought to have heavier fetters , and all Caucasus heaped on your head ; and not only your liver gnawed by sixteen vultures , but also your eyes scooped out ...
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... Already , I doubt , will the wolves be falling upon my unprotected sheep and tearing them to pieces . Zeus . What ! Have you , who have been made immortal , favourite eagle , carrying off his future cup - bearer ; while others are ...
... Already , I doubt , will the wolves be falling upon my unprotected sheep and tearing them to pieces . Zeus . What ! Have you , who have been made immortal , favourite eagle , carrying off his future cup - bearer ; while others are ...
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