Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 73
... women should go naked in the processions , as well as the young men , and dance , too , in that condition , at certain solemn feasts , singing certain songs , whilst the young men stood around , seeing and hearing them . On these ...
... women should go naked in the processions , as well as the young men , and dance , too , in that condition , at certain solemn feasts , singing certain songs , whilst the young men stood around , seeing and hearing them . On these ...
Page 85
... women , also , singing verses in his honour , and extolling the virtue and happiness of his life . As he went round the city in this manner , each of his relations and friends set a table before him , saying , “ The city honours you ...
... women , also , singing verses in his honour , and extolling the virtue and happiness of his life . As he went round the city in this manner , each of his relations and friends set a table before him , saying , “ The city honours you ...
Page 125
... women , according to the custom of the country there , sacrificing to Ceres , he sent a trusty friend to Salamis , who should pretend himself a renegade , and advise them , if they desired to seize the chief Athenian women , to come ...
... women , according to the custom of the country there , sacrificing to Ceres , he sent a trusty friend to Salamis , who should pretend himself a renegade , and advise them , if they desired to seize the chief Athenian women , to come ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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