The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... heads , showed plainly enough their extreme devotion to luxury . For it was made , according to the account of Dinon , of myrrh and of something called labyzus . And the labyzus is a sweet - smelling plant , and more valuable than myrrh ...
... heads , showed plainly enough their extreme devotion to luxury . For it was made , according to the account of Dinon , of myrrh and of something called labyzus . And the labyzus is a sweet - smelling plant , and more valuable than myrrh ...
Page 825
... head of the royal couch there was a supper - room laid with five couches , in which there were always kept five thousand talents of gold ; and this was called the king's pillow . And at his feet was another supper- room , prepared with ...
... head of the royal couch there was a supper - room laid with five couches , in which there were always kept five thousand talents of gold ; and this was called the king's pillow . And at his feet was another supper- room , prepared with ...
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... head , and their body , and their feet covered , but on even the tips of their fingers they wear shaggy gloves and finger - stalls ; and in summer they are not satisfied with the shade of the trees and of the rocks , but they also have ...
... head , and their body , and their feet covered , but on even the tips of their fingers they wear shaggy gloves and finger - stalls ; and in summer they are not satisfied with the shade of the trees and of the rocks , but they also have ...
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... head , and wearing also white sandals . But some say that this was not done out of luxury , but owing to Democedes the physician , who was by birth a native of Crotona ; and who having lived with Polycrates the tyrant of Samos , and ...
... head , and wearing also white sandals . But some say that this was not done out of luxury , but owing to Democedes the physician , who was by birth a native of Crotona ; and who having lived with Polycrates the tyrant of Samos , and ...
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... heads and in mourning apparel , in want of all the luxuries which previously belonged to them . 25. But the Spaniards , although they go about in robes like those of the tragedians , and richly embroidered , and in tunics which reach ...
... heads and in mourning apparel , in want of all the luxuries which previously belonged to them . 25. But the Spaniards , although they go about in robes like those of the tragedians , and richly embroidered , and in tunics which reach ...
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