The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... Lacedæmonians -Cinesias - Anointing- Venus Callipyge • BOOK XIII . 818-888 Lacedæmonian Marriages - Hercules - Rapacity of Courtesans - Folly of Marrying - Love - Beauty - Courtesans - Hetæræ - Courtesans- Love - Beauty of Women ...
... Lacedæmonians -Cinesias - Anointing- Venus Callipyge • BOOK XIII . 818-888 Lacedæmonian Marriages - Hercules - Rapacity of Courtesans - Folly of Marrying - Love - Beauty - Courtesans - Hetæræ - Courtesans- Love - Beauty of Women ...
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... Lacedæmonians nous ; but this name they would apply rather to the life of Ananis , a man who , as far as real glory is concerned , is totally un- known . Nor would one call the life of the heroes who fought 1 This is a blunder of ...
... Lacedæmonians nous ; but this name they would apply rather to the life of Ananis , a man who , as far as real glory is concerned , is totally un- known . Nor would one call the life of the heroes who fought 1 This is a blunder of ...
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... Lacedæmonians also attack their enemies keeping time to their flutes , as the Cretans keep time to the lyre . 13. But Heraclides of Cumæ , who wrote the History of Persia , having said in his book entitled The Preparation , that in the ...
... Lacedæmonians also attack their enemies keeping time to their flutes , as the Cretans keep time to the lyre . 13. But Heraclides of Cumæ , who wrote the History of Persia , having said in his book entitled The Preparation , that in the ...
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... Lacedæmon , and being invited to the phiditium , sitting down on a wooden seat and eating with them , said that originally he had been surprised at hearing of the valour of the Lacedæmonians ; but that now that he had seen it , he ...
... Lacedæmon , and being invited to the phiditium , sitting down on a wooden seat and eating with them , said that originally he had been surprised at hearing of the valour of the Lacedæmonians ; but that now that he had seen it , he ...
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... Lacedæmonians themselves . And again , in Thrace he out - drank even the Thracians them- selves . And once wishing to tempt his wife , he sent her a thousand Darics in another man's name : and being exceed- ingly beautiful in his person ...
... Lacedæmonians themselves . And again , in Thrace he out - drank even the Thracians them- selves . And once wishing to tempt his wife , he sent her a thousand Darics in another man's name : and being exceed- ingly beautiful in his person ...
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