Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 194
... temple to the goddess whom the Romans call Matuta , the Mother , though , from the ceremonies which are used , one would think she was Leucothea . For they take a servant - maid into the secret part of the temple , and there cuff her ...
... temple to the goddess whom the Romans call Matuta , the Mother , though , from the ceremonies which are used , one would think she was Leucothea . For they take a servant - maid into the secret part of the temple , and there cuff her ...
Page 411
... temple of Apollo and the Rock Gathering , therefore , more hope from the place being left defenceless than fear from the roughness and difficulty of the passage , he proposed it for consultation . Amongst those that were present at the ...
... temple of Apollo and the Rock Gathering , therefore , more hope from the place being left defenceless than fear from the roughness and difficulty of the passage , he proposed it for consultation . Amongst those that were present at the ...
Page 484
... temples had been struck with lightning , and in Jupiter's temple mice had gnawed the gold ; it was reported , also , that an ox had spoken , and that a boy had been born with a head like an elephant's . All which prodigies had indeed ...
... temples had been struck with lightning , and in Jupiter's temple mice had gnawed the gold ; it was reported , also , that an ox had spoken , and that a boy had been born with a head like an elephant's . All which prodigies had indeed ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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