The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H.G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... beautiful character of the place for that what the Greeks call the lily , is called in the Persian language σovσov . But they pass their autumns in Persepolis ; and the rest of the year they spend in Babylon . And in like manner the ...
... beautiful character of the place for that what the Greeks call the lily , is called in the Persian language σovσov . But they pass their autumns in Persepolis ; and the rest of the year they spend in Babylon . And in like manner the ...
Page 830
... beautiful boys , and sometimes women ; and when they have enjoyed them , they proceed to acts of still grosser licentiousness : and they indulge their appetites , and make parties on purpose , sometimes keeping one another in sight ...
... beautiful boys , and sometimes women ; and when they have enjoyed them , they proceed to acts of still grosser licentiousness : and they indulge their appetites , and make parties on purpose , sometimes keeping one another in sight ...
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... beautiful fringes on their garments ; such as those with which now the life of woman is refined . And afterwards , being led on by their luxury to insolence , they overthrew a city of the Iapyges , called Carbina , and collected all the ...
... beautiful fringes on their garments ; such as those with which now the life of woman is refined . And afterwards , being led on by their luxury to insolence , they overthrew a city of the Iapyges , called Carbina , and collected all the ...
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... beautiful than the temples of the gods ; and so they say , that the leaders of the Iapygians , treating the Deity with insult , destroyed the images of the gods out of the temples , ordering them to give place to their superiors . On ...
... beautiful than the temples of the gods ; and so they say , that the leaders of the Iapygians , treating the Deity with insult , destroyed the images of the gods out of the temples , ordering them to give place to their superiors . On ...
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... beautiful cities . And they all betook themselves to Miletus . But when they were enervated by pleasure and luxury , all the valiant character of the city dis- appeared , as Aristotle tells us ; and indeed a proverb arose from them ...
... beautiful cities . And they all betook themselves to Miletus . But when they were enervated by pleasure and luxury , all the valiant character of the city dis- appeared , as Aristotle tells us ; and indeed a proverb arose from them ...
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