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Page xv
... poet , whose re- maining works , chiefly of the Hymnic cast , stand next to those of Hesiod in the following translation . Callimachus was chief librarian of the celebrated library at Alexandria from B. C. 260 to B. C. 240 , the date of ...
... poet , whose re- maining works , chiefly of the Hymnic cast , stand next to those of Hesiod in the following translation . Callimachus was chief librarian of the celebrated library at Alexandria from B. C. 260 to B. C. 240 , the date of ...
Page xvi
... poet of Greece ( i . 58 ) . He was certainly held in high esteem by the Roman poets Catullus , Propertius , and Ovid . See Catull . Ixvi . , de Comâ Berenices ; Propert . IV . i . 1 ; V. i . 64 , where the poet declares his am- bition ...
... poet of Greece ( i . 58 ) . He was certainly held in high esteem by the Roman poets Catullus , Propertius , and Ovid . See Catull . Ixvi . , de Comâ Berenices ; Propert . IV . i . 1 ; V. i . 64 , where the poet declares his am- bition ...
Page xvii
... poetic versions of Callimachus , that of Tytler has been preferred for incorporation with this volume . Dodd's has considerable merit ; but , all points considered , Tytler seemed most ... poet , BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF CALLIMACHUS . xvii.
... poetic versions of Callimachus , that of Tytler has been preferred for incorporation with this volume . Dodd's has considerable merit ; but , all points considered , Tytler seemed most ... poet , BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF CALLIMACHUS . xvii.
Page xviii
... poet , whose remains are the con- cluding subject of translation in this volume , was born in the Grecian , not Sicilian , Megara , ( cf. Theogn . 781 , & c . , ) about 570 years before the Christian era . He speaks in the passage just ...
... poet , whose remains are the con- cluding subject of translation in this volume , was born in the Grecian , not Sicilian , Megara , ( cf. Theogn . 781 , & c . , ) about 570 years before the Christian era . He speaks in the passage just ...
Page xx
... poet at a meeting of the aristo- cratic party and a description of the march on Megara of the troops of some neighbouring state , in aid of the demo- cratic party ( cf. 549-554 ) . After this the poet seems to have retired to Euboea ...
... poet at a meeting of the aristo- cratic party and a description of the march on Megara of the troops of some neighbouring state , in aid of the demo- cratic party ( cf. 549-554 ) . After this the poet seems to have retired to Euboea ...
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