The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... king , nor Saturn old , Nor Neptune ; Venus was their only queen . Her they propitiate and duly worship With pious images , with beauteous figures Skilfully carved ; with fragrant incenses , And holy offerings of unmix'd myrrh , And ...
... king , nor Saturn old , Nor Neptune ; Venus was their only queen . Her they propitiate and duly worship With pious images , with beauteous figures Skilfully carved ; with fragrant incenses , And holy offerings of unmix'd myrrh , And ...
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... king of the Lacedæmonians dus ; 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 ...
... king of the Lacedæmonians dus ; 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 ...
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... king dismounts from his chariot , he does not jump down , however small the height from the chariot to the ground ... king's chairbearer always follows him . And three hundred women are his guard , as Heraclides of Cumæ relates , in the ...
... king dismounts from his chariot , he does not jump down , however small the height from the chariot to the ground ... king's chairbearer always follows him . And three hundred women are his guard , as Heraclides of Cumæ relates , in the ...
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... king at the same time . " But Chares of Mitylene , in the fifth book of his History of Alexander , says " The Persian kings had come to such a pitch of luxury , that at the head of the royal couch there was a supper - room laid with ...
... king at the same time . " But Chares of Mitylene , in the fifth book of his History of Alexander , says " The Persian kings had come to such a pitch of luxury , that at the head of the royal couch there was a supper - room laid with ...
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... king of the Lydians , was the first man who ever castrated women , and used female eunuchs instead of male eunuchs . But Clearchus , in the fourth book of his Lives , says " The Lydians , out of luxury , made parks ; and having planted ...
... king of the Lydians , was the first man who ever castrated women , and used female eunuchs instead of male eunuchs . But Clearchus , in the fourth book of his Lives , says " The Lydians , out of luxury , made parks ; and having planted ...
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