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... took cities , — who paced the greater part of his life among men in the N xo pleasure , and married a greater number of a via any other man ; and who had unacknowledged My a greator number of virgins , than any other For any one might ...
... took cities , — who paced the greater part of his life among men in the N xo pleasure , and married a greater number of a via any other man ; and who had unacknowledged My a greator number of virgins , than any other For any one might ...
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... took them in his army against the Cardians . And when the battle took place , he ordered the flute players to play the airs which they had learnt , and which the horses of the Cardians knew . And when the horses heard the flute , they ...
... took them in his army against the Cardians . And when the battle took place , he ordered the flute players to play the airs which they had learnt , and which the horses of the Cardians knew . And when the horses heard the flute , they ...
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... , the Croto- nians took him away , and having stripped the Persian of his robe , dressed the lictor of their chief magistrate in it . And from that time forward , the lictor , having on 836 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
... , the Croto- nians took him away , and having stripped the Persian of his robe , dressed the lictor of their chief magistrate in it . And from that time forward , the lictor , having on 836 [ B. XII . THE DEIPNOSOPHISTS .
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... took fire of its own accord ; on which account the God drove them for a long time from his oracle ; and when they asked the oracle on what account they were driven away , he said- My heart is grieved for the defenceless Gergithæ , So ...
... took fire of its own accord ; on which account the God drove them for a long time from his oracle ; and when they asked the oracle on what account they were driven away , he said- My heart is grieved for the defenceless Gergithæ , So ...
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... took it into his head to blaspheme Minerva , and to treat her with contempt . ' And the historian goes on to say , that Cotys once prepared a feast , as if Minerva had married him ; and prepared a bedchamber for her , and then , in a ...
... took it into his head to blaspheme Minerva , and to treat her with contempt . ' And the historian goes on to say , that Cotys once prepared a feast , as if Minerva had married him ; and prepared a bedchamber for her , and then , in a ...
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