The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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... mentions him as being an older man than the other , and as having been the man who supplied Herodotus with some of his materials . Xanthus , then , in the second book of his Affairs of Lydia , says that Adramyttes , the king of the ...
... mentions him as being an older man than the other , and as having been the man who supplied Herodotus with some of his materials . Xanthus , then , in the second book of his Affairs of Lydia , says that Adramyttes , the king of the ...
Page 828
... mentions the candaulus in his Passer - by , where he says- For I have all these witnesses in the city , That I'm the only one can dress a sausage , A candaulus , eggs , a thrium , all in no time : Was there any error or mistake in this ...
... mentions the candaulus in his Passer - by , where he says- For I have all these witnesses in the city , That I'm the only one can dress a sausage , A candaulus , eggs , a thrium , all in no time : Was there any error or mistake in this ...
Page 830
... mention the Sybarites , among whom bathing men and pourers of water were first introduced in fetters , in order to prevent their going too fast , and to pre- vent also their scalding the bathers in their haste ? And the Sybarites were ...
... mention the Sybarites , among whom bathing men and pourers of water were first introduced in fetters , in order to prevent their going too fast , and to pre- vent also their scalding the bathers in their haste ? And the Sybarites were ...
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... mentions Cimon in the tenth book of his History of the Affairs of Philip , saying- " Cimon the Athenian never placed any one in his fields or gardens to protect the fruit , in order that any of the citizens who chose might go in and ...
... mentions Cimon in the tenth book of his History of the Affairs of Philip , saying- " Cimon the Athenian never placed any one in his fields or gardens to protect the fruit , in order that any of the citizens who chose might go in and ...
Page 866
... mentions him in his seventh book . But of the luxury of Dionysius the younger , who was also tyrant of Sicily , an account is given by Satyrus the Peripatetic , in his Lives . For he says that he used to fill rooms holding thirty ...
... mentions him in his seventh book . But of the luxury of Dionysius the younger , who was also tyrant of Sicily , an account is given by Satyrus the Peripatetic , in his Lives . For he says that he used to fill rooms holding thirty ...
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