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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... longer a girl , but a heifer . Hermes . Prodigious that ! But how was she trans- formed ? Zeus . Hera , in a fit of jealousy , metamorphosed her , 2 and 1 Son of Apollo by a lady of Miletus , from whom the Branchidæ , the guardians of ...
... longer a girl , but a heifer . Hermes . Prodigious that ! But how was she trans- formed ? Zeus . Hera , in a fit of jealousy , metamorphosed her , 2 and 1 Son of Apollo by a lady of Miletus , from whom the Branchidæ , the guardians of ...
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... longer crooked beak , nor sharp talons , nor wings such as I appeared to you , under the semblance of a bird.3 1 For this , one of the most famous of the metamorphoses of the Greek Theology , see Ovid , Metam . i . 13-17 . Io appears as ...
... longer crooked beak , nor sharp talons , nor wings such as I appeared to you , under the semblance of a bird.3 1 For this , one of the most famous of the metamorphoses of the Greek Theology , see Ovid , Metam . i . 13-17 . Io appears as ...
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... longer be mortal , but shall become immortal , and I will make your star shine very bright , ' and , in a word , you shall be happy . Ganymedes . And if I want to play , who will play with On Ida there were many of us , playmates of the ...
... longer be mortal , but shall become immortal , and I will make your star shine very bright , ' and , in a word , you shall be happy . Ganymedes . And if I want to play , who will play with On Ida there were many of us , playmates of the ...
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... longer . Zeus . Of what insolence or injury has he been guilty , pray ? For I ought to know too , I think . Hera . Insolence ? and what else — I blush , however , to mention it , such was his daring impertinence . Zeus . Yet that is the ...
... longer . Zeus . Of what insolence or injury has he been guilty , pray ? For I ought to know too , I think . Hera . Insolence ? and what else — I blush , however , to mention it , such was his daring impertinence . Zeus . Yet that is the ...
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... longer than usual , on his own account . Helios . And where is he , or whence have you been despatched with this message for me ? Hermes . From Boeotia , Helios , from Amphitryon's wife , with whom he now is , making love to her.2 ...
... longer than usual , on his own account . Helios . And where is he , or whence have you been despatched with this message for me ? Hermes . From Boeotia , Helios , from Amphitryon's wife , with whom he now is , making love to her.2 ...
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