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 xxiv
... sort of tempta- tion to which great wits have always been liable - of utilizing matter so promising as the ridiculous fables which the ene- mies of Pythagoreanism abundantly supplied . ' That among the ( self - styled ) followers of ...
... sort of tempta- tion to which great wits have always been liable - of utilizing matter so promising as the ridiculous fables which the ene- mies of Pythagoreanism abundantly supplied . ' That among the ( self - styled ) followers of ...
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... sort of equivalent you will pay , of so much importance to us . Prometheus . If I tell you for what purpose you are now on your travels , shall I have credit with you , when I prophesy about the rest ? Zeus . Of course . Prometheus ...
... sort of equivalent you will pay , of so much importance to us . Prometheus . If I tell you for what purpose you are now on your travels , shall I have credit with you , when I prophesy about the rest ? Zeus . Of course . Prometheus ...
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... sort of new mischief against the unfortunate girl . She has appointed a certain cowkeeper with eyes all over him , who tends the heifer with sleepless care . Hermes . What must I do , then ? Zeus . Fly down to Nemea - it's somewhere ...
... sort of new mischief against the unfortunate girl . She has appointed a certain cowkeeper with eyes all over him , who tends the heifer with sleepless care . Hermes . What must I do , then ? Zeus . Fly down to Nemea - it's somewhere ...
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... sort for this youth , effeminate , a foreigner , soft and girlish as he is , is more agreeable to me and more desirable than - but I have no wish to say it , not to further provoke you . Hera . Would that you would even marry him , for ...
... sort for this youth , effeminate , a foreigner , soft and girlish as he is , is more agreeable to me and more desirable than - but I have no wish to say it , not to further provoke you . Hera . Would that you would even marry him , for ...
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... sort of character do you take him to be ? Zeus . A good kind of man , and a boon companion : for he would not associate with us , had he been unworthy of our table . Hera . But he is unworthy of it , for he is an insolent fellow so let ...
... sort of character do you take him to be ? Zeus . A good kind of man , and a boon companion : for he would not associate with us , had he been unworthy of our table . Hera . But he is unworthy of it , for he is an insolent fellow so let ...
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