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Page 834
... played before their horses the air to which they were accustomed to dance ; for the people of Crotona also had fluteplayers in mili- tary uniform . And as soon as the horses heard them play- ing on the flute , they not only began to ...
... played before their horses the air to which they were accustomed to dance ; for the people of Crotona also had fluteplayers in mili- tary uniform . And as soon as the horses heard them play- ing on the flute , they not only began to ...
Page 895
... Flute - player , says A. You will not marry if you're in your senses When you have left this life . For I myself Did marry ; so I recommend you not to . B. The matter is decided - the die is cast . A. Go on then . I do wish you then ...
... Flute - player , says A. You will not marry if you're in your senses When you have left this life . For I myself Did marry ; so I recommend you not to . B. The matter is decided - the die is cast . A. Go on then . I do wish you then ...
Page 904
... flute - player used to play on the flute having a very long beard . And at Athens they even now remember that the man who first staved his chin , ( and he is not a very ancient man indard , was given the surname of Kopers on which ...
... flute - player used to play on the flute having a very long beard . And at Athens they even now remember that the man who first staved his chin , ( and he is not a very ancient man indard , was given the surname of Kopers on which ...
Page 922
... flute - player , and so was Pothine , and Myrtium was one of the most notorious and common prostitutes in the city . " Was there not also Agathoclea the courtesan , who had great power over king Ptolemy Philopator ? in fact , was it not ...
... flute - player , and so was Pothine , and Myrtium was one of the most notorious and common prostitutes in the city . " Was there not also Agathoclea the courtesan , who had great power over king Ptolemy Philopator ? in fact , was it not ...
Page 923
... flute - player , by whom he had a daughter named Phila ? And Polemo , in his treatise on the colonnade called Poecile at Sicyon , says that Lamia was the daughter of Cleanor an Athenian , and that she built the before - mentioned ...
... flute - player , by whom he had a daughter named Phila ? And Polemo , in his treatise on the colonnade called Poecile at Sicyon , says that Lamia was the daughter of Cleanor an Athenian , and that she built the before - mentioned ...
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