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... Menander crowned With plaudits rang ; only Corinna knew Her Ovid ; therefore , little books of mine , Haste not ; if glory comes but after death , I'll wait awhile for glory . " " Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae ...
... Menander crowned With plaudits rang ; only Corinna knew Her Ovid ; therefore , little books of mine , Haste not ; if glory comes but after death , I'll wait awhile for glory . " " Rara est adeo concordia formae Atque pudicitiae ...
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... Menander . ) " Him boys and girls alike are wont to read . " " Virgo formosa etsi sit oppido pauper , tamen abunde dotata est . " APULEIUS . De Magia , XCII . " A beautiful girl , though she be poor indeed , yet is abundantly dowered ...
... Menander . ) " Him boys and girls alike are wont to read . " " Virgo formosa etsi sit oppido pauper , tamen abunde dotata est . " APULEIUS . De Magia , XCII . " A beautiful girl , though she be poor indeed , yet is abundantly dowered ...
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... MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment V. , 12 . " Such follies make not nature's burden light , For thus we are weighted with imported ill ; Laws , strifes , and party views our cup of misery fill . " “ Αδελφὸς ἀνδρὶ παρείη . ” - ( F ...
... MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment V. , 12 . " Such follies make not nature's burden light , For thus we are weighted with imported ill ; Laws , strifes , and party views our cup of misery fill . " “ Αδελφὸς ἀνδρὶ παρείη . ” - ( F ...
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Thomas Benfield Harbottle. “ Αδύνατον ὡς ἔοικε , τἀληθὲς λαθεῖν . ” MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 477 . “ The truth , methinks , we nowise can conceal . ” “ Αεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ἧσσον δέδοικα τἀσθενοῦς τε καὶ σοφοῦ ...
Thomas Benfield Harbottle. “ Αδύνατον ὡς ἔοικε , τἀληθὲς λαθεῖν . ” MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 477 . “ The truth , methinks , we nowise can conceal . ” “ Αεὶ γὰρ ἄνδρα σκαιὸν ἰσχυρὸν φύσει ἧσσον δέδοικα τἀσθενοῦς τε καὶ σοφοῦ ...
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... MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 478 . “ True grandeur may we praise , not empty show . ” “ Αλλ ' ἄλλῳ κακόν ἐστι , τὸ δ ' ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων , ὁπόσους ἠέλιος καθορᾷ . ” THEOGNIS . Sententiae , 167 . " To every man a ...
... MENANDER . Fabulae Incertae , Fragment 478 . “ True grandeur may we praise , not empty show . ” “ Αλλ ' ἄλλῳ κακόν ἐστι , τὸ δ ' ἀτρεκὲς ὄλβιος οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων , ὁπόσους ἠέλιος καθορᾷ . ” THEOGNIS . Sententiae , 167 . " To every man a ...
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