The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their hair in knots , and wore golden grasshoppers ...
... Athenians , while it indulged in luxury , was a very great city , and bred very magnanimous men . For they wore purple garments , and were clad in embroidered tunics ; and they bound up their hair in knots , and wore golden grasshoppers ...
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... Athenian sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great ...
... Athenian sweetmeats . 35. But Posidonius , in the sixteenth book of his Histories , speaking of the cities in Syria , and saying how luxurious they were , writes as follows : - " The inhabitants of the towns , on account of the great ...
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... Athens , to be distributed among the orators and those who propose decrees , and on those private individuals who had actions depending . And for all this the Athenian populace was so far from being indignant , that for this very reason ...
... Athens , to be distributed among the orators and those who propose decrees , and on those private individuals who had actions depending . And for all this the Athenian populace was so far from being indignant , that for this very reason ...
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... Athenian people ; So liberal and magnificent was he . And Duris gives the same account . 44. But Idomeneus tells us that the Pisistratidæ also , Hippias and Hipparchus , instituted banquets and enter- tainments ; on which account they ...
... Athenian people ; So liberal and magnificent was he . And Duris gives the same account . 44. But Idomeneus tells us that the Pisistratidæ also , Hippias and Hipparchus , instituted banquets and enter- tainments ; on which account they ...
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... Athens was made in his likeness . 45. And Heraclides of Pontus , in his treatise on Pleasure , says that Pericles ... Athenians were not yet in such a state of intoxica- tion , and had not yet begun to use courtesans , openly filled a ...
... Athens was made in his likeness . 45. And Heraclides of Pontus , in his treatise on Pleasure , says that Pericles ... Athenians were not yet in such a state of intoxica- tion , and had not yet begun to use courtesans , openly filled a ...
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