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Page viii
... death near the Locrian Eneon in the territory of Naupactus , de- tailed by Plutarch , ( Conviv . Sept. Saps . xix . , ) point indeed to the hero - worship of Hesiod among the Locrians and Boo- tians , though they cannot be looked upon ...
... death near the Locrian Eneon in the territory of Naupactus , de- tailed by Plutarch , ( Conviv . Sept. Saps . xix . , ) point indeed to the hero - worship of Hesiod among the Locrians and Boo- tians , though they cannot be looked upon ...
Page xi
... death of the last - mentioned ; whilst the verses from 141 to 317 give us a poetic description of the " Shield of Hercules , " naturally introduced into the details of the combat . It is a somewhat disjointed specimen of the 3rd class ...
... death of the last - mentioned ; whilst the verses from 141 to 317 give us a poetic description of the " Shield of Hercules , " naturally introduced into the details of the combat . It is a somewhat disjointed specimen of the 3rd class ...
Page xiii
... death became guardian demons , the unseen police of the gods , all over the earth ; ( 2nd , ) the Silver , ( 140 , & c . , ) who became the blest of the under world ; ( 3rd , ) the Brazen ; men of hard ash - wood , with brazen arms ...
... death became guardian demons , the unseen police of the gods , all over the earth ; ( 2nd , ) the Silver , ( 140 , & c . , ) who became the blest of the under world ; ( 3rd , ) the Brazen ; men of hard ash - wood , with brazen arms ...
Page xv
... death , so that he was a contemporary of Theocritus as well as of Aratus , ( cf. Epigr . xxix . , ) and like them enjoyed the esteem and patron- age of Ptolemy Philadelphus . His extant poetry can hardly be mentioned with the poems of ...
... death , so that he was a contemporary of Theocritus as well as of Aratus , ( cf. Epigr . xxix . , ) and like them enjoyed the esteem and patron- age of Ptolemy Philadelphus . His extant poetry can hardly be mentioned with the poems of ...
Page 13
... Death : she bare Sleep likewise , 3 she bare the tribe of dreams ; these did the goddess , gloomy Night , bear after union with none . Next again Momus , and Care full - of - woes , and the Hespe- rides , whose care are the fair golden ...
... Death : she bare Sleep likewise , 3 she bare the tribe of dreams ; these did the goddess , gloomy Night , bear after union with none . Next again Momus , and Care full - of - woes , and the Hespe- rides , whose care are the fair golden ...
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