The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned, Volume 3H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 1252 pages |
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Page 819
... Homer , wishing to represent pleasure in an odious light , says that the greatest of the gods receive no advantage from their power , but are even much injured by it , if they will allow themselves to be hurried away by the pursuit of ...
... Homer , wishing to represent pleasure in an odious light , says that the greatest of the gods receive no advantage from their power , but are even much injured by it , if they will allow themselves to be hurried away by the pursuit of ...
Page 821
... Homer , too , speaks of pleasure and indulgence in the following terms— How sweet the products of a peaceful reign , — The heaven - taught poet and enchanting strain , The well - fill'd palace , the perpetual feast , A loud rejoicing ...
... Homer , too , speaks of pleasure and indulgence in the following terms— How sweet the products of a peaceful reign , — The heaven - taught poet and enchanting strain , The well - fill'd palace , the perpetual feast , A loud rejoicing ...
Page 822
... Homer and Hesiod , and have written about Hercules , relating how he led armies and took cities , - who passed the greater part of his life among men in the most excessive pleasure , and married a greater number of women than any other ...
... Homer and Hesiod , and have written about Hercules , relating how he led armies and took cities , - who passed the greater part of his life among men in the most excessive pleasure , and married a greater number of women than any other ...
Page 823
... Homer was of this mind , when he often prefers the voluptuous life to the virtuous one , saying- And now Olympus ' shining gates unfold ; The Gods with Jove assume their thrones of gold ; Immortal Hebe , fresh with bloom divine , The ...
... Homer was of this mind , when he often prefers the voluptuous life to the virtuous one , saying- And now Olympus ' shining gates unfold ; The Gods with Jove assume their thrones of gold ; Immortal Hebe , fresh with bloom divine , The ...
Page 838
... Homer calls those who have no girdles αμιτροχίτωνες . And Archilochus the poet marvelled beyond anything at the country of the Siritans , and at their prosperity . Accordingly , speaking of Thasos as inferior to Siris , he says- For ...
... Homer calls those who have no girdles αμιτροχίτωνες . And Archilochus the poet marvelled beyond anything at the country of the Siritans , and at their prosperity . Accordingly , speaking of Thasos as inferior to Siris , he says- For ...
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