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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... altogether so happily , in his Colloquies . Citing the well - known verse of the Latin satirist- poet , Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci , 66 99 he protests : - no one , if not Lucian , has succeeded in illus- trating this ...
... altogether so happily , in his Colloquies . Citing the well - known verse of the Latin satirist- poet , Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci , 66 99 he protests : - no one , if not Lucian , has succeeded in illus- trating this ...
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... altogether the most valuable of the three chief English presentations of Lucian . Of French translations , Talbot's ( 1857 ) has the greatest repute . Of German ver- sions , that of Wieland , the well - known poet and romancist ( 1788 ) ...
... altogether the most valuable of the three chief English presentations of Lucian . Of French translations , Talbot's ( 1857 ) has the greatest repute . Of German ver- sions , that of Wieland , the well - known poet and romancist ( 1788 ) ...
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... altogether forgotten your having been burned to ashes on Mt. Eta , that you throw in my teeth this fire you talk of ? Herakles . We have not lived at all an equal or similar sort of life — I who am the son of Zeus , and have undergone ...
... altogether forgotten your having been burned to ashes on Mt. Eta , that you throw in my teeth this fire you talk of ? Herakles . We have not lived at all an equal or similar sort of life — I who am the son of Zeus , and have undergone ...
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... altogether devoted to his herds ? Hermes . The exact truth I am unable to say : but one must suppose that a young fellow like him would be eager to acquire fame in these things , and would like to be first in fighting . Aphrodite ...
... altogether devoted to his herds ? Hermes . The exact truth I am unable to say : but one must suppose that a young fellow like him would be eager to acquire fame in these things , and would like to be first in fighting . Aphrodite ...
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... altogether handsome , and an archer , and , invested with no small amount of power , rules over all ; while the second is womanish , and only half a man , and of ambiguous appearance - you could not plainly distinguish whether he is a ...
... altogether handsome , and an archer , and , invested with no small amount of power , rules over all ; while the second is womanish , and only half a man , and of ambiguous appearance - you could not plainly distinguish whether he is a ...
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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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