Lucian's Dialogues: Namely the Dialogues of the Gods, of the Sea-gods, and of the Dead; Zeus the Tragedian, the Ferry-boat, EtcG. Bell and sons, 1888 - 315 pages |
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... already stated , he died at an advanced age , but at what date is quite uncertain . 99 Such are the somewhat meagre facts collected from his writings . To these his earlier biographers or critics , led by the lexicographer Suidas , have ...
... already stated , he died at an advanced age , but at what date is quite uncertain . 99 Such are the somewhat meagre facts collected from his writings . To these his earlier biographers or critics , led by the lexicographer Suidas , have ...
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... already brought it into use . In the following century , Antisthenes also employed it . As for the ethical character of Lucian , if we may trust to his own representation of himself , it deserves high praise . In the Dream , among the ...
... already brought it into use . In the following century , Antisthenes also employed it . As for the ethical character of Lucian , if we may trust to his own representation of himself , it deserves high praise . In the Dream , among the ...
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... already abounded ad nauseam , and to have erected another system of " philo- sophy " would have been only to add to the existing confu- sion . The work immediately and urgently needed was that of complete destruction , and the clearing ...
... already abounded ad nauseam , and to have erected another system of " philo- sophy " would have been only to add to the existing confu- sion . The work immediately and urgently needed was that of complete destruction , and the clearing ...
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... already endured dreadful sufferings . Zeus . Set you free , say you ? you who ought to have heavier fetters , and all Caucasus heaped on your head ; and not only your liver gnawed ' by sixteen vultures , but also your eyes scooped out ...
... already endured dreadful sufferings . Zeus . Set you free , say you ? you who ought to have heavier fetters , and all Caucasus heaped on your head ; and not only your liver gnawed ' by sixteen vultures , but also your eyes scooped out ...
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... Already , I doubt , will the wolves be falling upon my unprotected sheep and tearing them to pieces . Zeus . What ! Have you , who have been made immortal , favourite eagle , carrying off his future cup - bearer ; while others are ...
... Already , I doubt , will the wolves be falling upon my unprotected sheep and tearing them to pieces . Zeus . What ! Have you , who have been made immortal , favourite eagle , carrying off his future cup - bearer ; while others are ...
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Achilleus Alexander altogether Antisthenes Aphrodite Apollo appear Aristoph Athena Athenian beautiful Charon Cynic Cyniskus Damis dead death Destiny Dialogue Diogenes Dionysus divine Eakus Earth Eros Euripides everything fact famous Fates father fellow Ganymedes ghost give Goddess Gods gold Greek Hades handsome hear heaven Hellenic Hephæstus Hera Herakles Hermes hero Herod Hesiod Homer honour Jacobitz Jupiter Kerberus king Klotho Krates Kroesus Laert Lampichus laugh live Lucian means Megapenthes Menelaus Menippus Metam Mikyllus Minos Momus Nireus Notus Odysseus oracles oracular Paris parody Pausanias Persian philosophers Phrygian Plato Plutarch Pluto poet Polydeukes Polystratus Portrait Poseidon pray prophet Protesilaus punishment Rhadamanthys ridicule sacrifices satire ship Simylus Sokrates sort Sostratus speak suppose Tantalus Teiresias tell Terpsion Thetis things Timokles tion tomb Trans Triton verses viii vols Wieland youth Zephyrus Zeus γὰρ δὲ ἐν Ζεὺς καὶ Περὶ τε
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