The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 843
... Antiphanes , speaking generally of the luxury of all the Ionians , has the following lines in his Dodona : - Say , from what country do you come , what land Call you your home ? Is this a delicate Luxurious band of long and soft - robed ...
... Antiphanes , speaking generally of the luxury of all the Ionians , has the following lines in his Dodona : - Say , from what country do you come , what land Call you your home ? Is this a delicate Luxurious band of long and soft - robed ...
Page 872
... Antiphanes , in his Antæus , speaking of the luxurious habits of the philosophers , says- My friend , now do you know who this old man Is called ? By his look he seems to be a Greek , His cloak is white , his tunic fawn - colour'd , His ...
... Antiphanes , in his Antæus , speaking of the luxurious habits of the philosophers , says- My friend , now do you know who this old man Is called ? By his look he seems to be a Greek , His cloak is white , his tunic fawn - colour'd , His ...
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... Antiphanes in his Æolus says— This man then , such a sot and glutton is he , And so enormous is his size of body , Is called by all his countrymen the Bladder . And Heraclides of Pontus , in his treatise on Pleasure , says that Dinias ...
... Antiphanes in his Æolus says— This man then , such a sot and glutton is he , And so enormous is his size of body , Is called by all his countrymen the Bladder . And Heraclides of Pontus , in his treatise on Pleasure , says that Dinias ...
Page 886
Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) And Antiphanes , in his Alcestis , represents some one as anointing his feet with oil ; but in his Mendicant Priest of Cybele , he says- He bade the damsel take some choice perfumes From the altar of the ...
Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) And Antiphanes , in his Alcestis , represents some one as anointing his feet with oil ; but in his Mendicant Priest of Cybele , he says- He bade the damsel take some choice perfumes From the altar of the ...
Page 888
... ANTIPHANES the comic writer , my friend Timocrates , when he was reading one of his own comedies to Alexander the king , and when it was plain that the king did not think much of it , said to him , " The fact is , O king , that a man ...
... ANTIPHANES the comic writer , my friend Timocrates , when he was reading one of his own comedies to Alexander the king , and when it was plain that the king did not think much of it , said to him , " The fact is , O king , that a man ...
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