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... sacred envoy to Delphi ; and the poet ad- dresses him always as one on whom the hopes of his party are set , though not without gloomy forebodings as to the issue , arising out of the feebleness and irresolution of the other chiefs of ...
... sacred envoy to Delphi ; and the poet ad- dresses him always as one on whom the hopes of his party are set , though not without gloomy forebodings as to the issue , arising out of the feebleness and irresolution of the other chiefs of ...
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... sacred Olmius , 6 1 Pausanias , ix . c . 29 and 30 , mentions the worship of the Muses on Mount Helicon , which Otus and Ephialtes , the founders of Hesiod's birth - place , Ascra , had consecrated to them . He re- counts the gifts ...
... sacred Olmius , 6 1 Pausanias , ix . c . 29 and 30 , mentions the worship of the Muses on Mount Helicon , which Otus and Ephialtes , the founders of Hesiod's birth - place , Ascra , had consecrated to them . He re- counts the gifts ...
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... sacred gift of the Muses among men . Since from the Muses and far - shooting Apollo are men of song , and harpers over the earth , but from Jove spring kings : yet happy he whomso- ever the Muses shall have loved ; sweet is the sound ...
... sacred gift of the Muses among men . Since from the Muses and far - shooting Apollo are men of song , and harpers over the earth , but from Jove spring kings : yet happy he whomso- ever the Muses shall have loved ; sweet is the sound ...
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... sacred Tiryns , having crossed the path of Ocean , and having slain beyond famous Ocean Orthus , and the herdsman Eurytion in a dusky stall . And she brought forth another monster , irresistible , nowise like to mortal men , or immortal ...
... sacred Tiryns , having crossed the path of Ocean , and having slain beyond famous Ocean Orthus , and the herdsman Eurytion in a dusky stall . And she brought forth another monster , irresistible , nowise like to mortal men , or immortal ...
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... sacred race of daughters , who with King Apollo and the rivers all earth over bring up men to manhood , ' and have this prerogative from Jupiter , namely , Pitho , Admete , Ianthe , Electra , Doris and Prymno , and goddess - like Urania ...
... sacred race of daughters , who with King Apollo and the rivers all earth over bring up men to manhood , ' and have this prerogative from Jupiter , namely , Pitho , Admete , Ianthe , Electra , Doris and Prymno , and goddess - like Urania ...
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Alcmena Amphitryon Apollo beneath blest Blomf Blomfield born called Callimachus Ceres chariot Compare Hom Cronus Cycnus Cyrnus daughter Delos Demeter divine earth epigram Esch Euboea Eurip evil fair Fragm fragment Frere's Georg goddess gods Goettling golden hands hast hath heart heaven Hercules Herodot Hesiod Homer honour Horat Hymn Iapetus immortal Iolaus isles Jove Jove's Juno king Kurnus Latona Lennep Matt Megara mentioned mighty mind Minerva mortal mountain Muses noble nymph o'er Odyss Olympus Ovid Pallas passage Pausan Pausanias Phoebus Pindar poem poet quotes race Rhod sacred says sense sire Smith's Dict song Soph spake Spanheim steeds Strabo swift Thebes thee Theocr Theog Theognis Thessaly thine thou Titans toil Triopas verses viii Virg wealth ween Welcker whilst wont word wretched xvii xxiv γὰρ δε ἐν καὶ τε τὸ
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Page 35 - Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven...
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Page 106 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 31 - And thou the accuser. Thus it shall befall Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, Lets her will rule : restraint she will not brook; And, left to herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Page 236 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 240 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness...
Page 442 - With kine and horses, Kurnus! we proceed By reasonable rules, and choose a breed For profit and increase, at any price: Of a sound stock, without defect or vice. But, in the daily matches that we make, The price is everything: for money's sake, Men marry: women are in marriage given The churl or ruffian, that in wealth has thriven, May match his offspring with the proudest race: Thus everything is mix'd, noble and base! If then in outward manner, form, and mind, You find us a degraded, motley kind,...
Page 200 - Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se luppiter ipse petat. dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Page 443 - Our commonwealth preserves its former frame, Our common people are no more the same. They, that in skins and hides were rudely dress'd, Nor dreamt of law, nor sought to be redress'd By rules of right, but in the days of old Flock'd to the town, like cattle to the fold, Are now the brave and wise.
Page 176 - The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.