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
... authority , of the sixteenth century , Raffaelle Maffei ( or Volaterranus , as he is called from his birthplace ) ... authorities had been aroused , in particular , by two very famous Dialogues - the Peregrinus and the Philo- patris ...
... authority , of the sixteenth century , Raffaelle Maffei ( or Volaterranus , as he is called from his birthplace ) ... authorities had been aroused , in particular , by two very famous Dialogues - the Peregrinus and the Philo- patris ...
Page xviii
... authority ) , and Ammianus Marcellinus ( a late writer ) , as well as by the Christian writers Athenagoras and Tertullian . The Philopatris ( in which satirical allusion is made to the visions of St. Paul ) is assigned to the year 363 ...
... authority ) , and Ammianus Marcellinus ( a late writer ) , as well as by the Christian writers Athenagoras and Tertullian . The Philopatris ( in which satirical allusion is made to the visions of St. Paul ) is assigned to the year 363 ...
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... - " -See Bohn's Series . 66 3 Some authorities represent Zeus as himself , in the shape of his Ganymedes . Were you not an eagle but just now DIALOGUES OF THE GODS . 5 Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of duties in heaven.
... - " -See Bohn's Series . 66 3 Some authorities represent Zeus as himself , in the shape of his Ganymedes . Were you not an eagle but just now DIALOGUES OF THE GODS . 5 Zeus instructs Ganymedes as to the nature of duties in heaven.
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... authorities is attributed to Prometheus or Hermes . Lucian follows Pindar , OX . vii . 35 ( Jacob . ) . For an etymological disquisition on the name of Athena see Plato , Κρατύλος . 2 Hephaestus had been expelled , in an ignominious ...
... authorities is attributed to Prometheus or Hermes . Lucian follows Pindar , OX . vii . 35 ( Jacob . ) . For an etymological disquisition on the name of Athena see Plato , Κρατύλος . 2 Hephaestus had been expelled , in an ignominious ...
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... authorities vary , as usual , in the relation of the story of the Nymph of the laurel - tree . Pausanias relates that Daphne , in place of being the victim , with her attendant nymphs shot with arrows her too daring lover , who had ...
... authorities vary , as usual , in the relation of the story of the Nymph of the laurel - tree . Pausanias relates that Daphne , in place of being the victim , with her attendant nymphs shot with arrows her too daring lover , who had ...
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