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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... once more resumed his old occupation of rhetor or sophist , and produced some of those declamatory essays which appear among his published works . At a fortunate moment , he found relief from his pecuniary difficulties in an official ...
... once more resumed his old occupation of rhetor or sophist , and produced some of those declamatory essays which appear among his published works . At a fortunate moment , he found relief from his pecuniary difficulties in an official ...
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... once tasted it , you will not again have any longing for your milk . Ganymedes . But where shall I sleep at night ? with my playfellow , Eros ? Zeus . No. I carried you off on this account - that we might sleep together . Ganymedes ...
... once tasted it , you will not again have any longing for your milk . Ganymedes . But where shall I sleep at night ? with my playfellow , Eros ? Zeus . No. I carried you off on this account - that we might sleep together . Ganymedes ...
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... once even , you would never again blame me for thinking the kiss preferable to the nectar . Hera . This is the talk of a pæderast ! But , for my part , may I never be so mad as to offer my lips to this soft Phrygian boy , so completely ...
... once even , you would never again blame me for thinking the kiss preferable to the nectar . Hera . This is the talk of a pæderast ! But , for my part , may I never be so mad as to offer my lips to this soft Phrygian boy , so completely ...
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... once . Zeus . You ask impossibilities , Hephaestus , for she chooses to remain ever a virgin : but I , however , as far as I am concerned , offer no opposition . The rest shall be my Hephaestus . That's all I wanted . care , and I will ...
... once . Zeus . You ask impossibilities , Hephaestus , for she chooses to remain ever a virgin : but I , however , as far as I am concerned , offer no opposition . The rest shall be my Hephaestus . That's all I wanted . care , and I will ...
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... of Ovid . 5 Incited to madness by the jealous Hera , the son of Alkmena had killed his wife Megara , daughter of Kreon , king of Thebes , with her Herakles . If you don't stop at once your ribald 26 DIALOGUES OF THE GODS .
... of Ovid . 5 Incited to madness by the jealous Hera , the son of Alkmena had killed his wife Megara , daughter of Kreon , king of Thebes , with her Herakles . If you don't stop at once your ribald 26 DIALOGUES OF THE GODS .
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