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Page 864
... guests carried away with him entire joints of beasts , and birds , and fishes which had never been carved , all ready dressed , in suffi- cient quantities to fill a waggon . And after this they were presented with a quantity of ...
... guests carried away with him entire joints of beasts , and birds , and fishes which had never been carved , all ready dressed , in suffi- cient quantities to fill a waggon . And after this they were presented with a quantity of ...
Page 867
... and a great number of guests to feast with him . And in the pro- digality of his expense in his entertainments , he outdid even ! The modern Palermo . the Macedonians , and , at the same time , 3 K 2 c . 60. ] 867 1 AGRIGENTUM .
... and a great number of guests to feast with him . And in the pro- digality of his expense in his entertainments , he outdid even ! The modern Palermo . the Macedonians , and , at the same time , 3 K 2 c . 60. ] 867 1 AGRIGENTUM .
Page 874
... guest ; 2 pointing out that his death was partly caused by his fondness for drunkenness . Speusippus also , the relation of Plato , and his successor in his school , was a man very fond of pleasure . At all events Dionysius , the tyrant ...
... guest ; 2 pointing out that his death was partly caused by his fondness for drunkenness . Speusippus also , the relation of Plato , and his successor in his school , was a man very fond of pleasure . At all events Dionysius , the tyrant ...
Page 889
... guests about love and about amatory matters . 2. For our admirable host , praising the married women , said that Hermippus stated in his book about lawgivers , that at Lacedæmon all the damsels used to be shut up in a dark room , while ...
... guests about love and about amatory matters . 2. For our admirable host , praising the married women , said that Hermippus stated in his book about lawgivers , that at Lacedæmon all the damsels used to be shut up in a dark room , while ...
Page 917
... guests , one after another , said to have been introduced by Terpander ; but the word is first found in Pind . Fr ... guest who sung holding a myrtle - branch , which he passed on to any one he chose.- Lid . & Scott , Gr . Lex , in voc ...
... guests , one after another , said to have been introduced by Terpander ; but the word is first found in Pind . Fr ... guest who sung holding a myrtle - branch , which he passed on to any one he chose.- Lid . & Scott , Gr . Lex , in voc ...
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