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... common to their nature . " . Müller , Lit. of Gr . , ch . xxi . Plato , Rep . iii . p . 273 . .... § Prælect . Academ . , iv . | Poet , ch . i .: ἐποποιΐα δὴ καὶ ἡ τῆς τραγῳδίας ποίησις , ἔτι δὲ κωμῳδία καὶ διθυραμβοποιητική . πᾶσαι ...
... common to their nature . " . Müller , Lit. of Gr . , ch . xxi . Plato , Rep . iii . p . 273 . .... § Prælect . Academ . , iv . | Poet , ch . i .: ἐποποιΐα δὴ καὶ ἡ τῆς τραγῳδίας ποίησις , ἔτι δὲ κωμῳδία καὶ διθυραμβοποιητική . πᾶσαι ...
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... common origin with their worshippers ; they are born , bred , and nursed like men , but immortal still . They preside over each department of nature , and each province of art . Dis rules over the abodes of the departed , Posidon over ...
... common origin with their worshippers ; they are born , bred , and nursed like men , but immortal still . They preside over each department of nature , and each province of art . Dis rules over the abodes of the departed , Posidon over ...
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... common figure of speech , the term was afterwards applied to the body of youths and maidens who , hand in hand , performed their graceful and expressive dance round the citharist . The latter , seated in the midst , sang some lay of the ...
... common figure of speech , the term was afterwards applied to the body of youths and maidens who , hand in hand , performed their graceful and expressive dance round the citharist . The latter , seated in the midst , sang some lay of the ...
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... common life . Henceforth , as might be ex- pected , the iambic measure prevailed . † But though the epos as a living style had passed away , still the exclusive sway which it had exercised over the Hellenic mind in early times was never ...
... common life . Henceforth , as might be ex- pected , the iambic measure prevailed . † But though the epos as a living style had passed away , still the exclusive sway which it had exercised over the Hellenic mind in early times was never ...
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... Plutarch , Nic . 3. , relates that , on one occasion , a beautiful slave belonging to Nicias represented Dionysus . Compare Athe- næus , v . p . 200 . tion . It is no common building that can find E 2 THE DIONYSIA AT ATHENS . 51.
... Plutarch , Nic . 3. , relates that , on one occasion , a beautiful slave belonging to Nicias represented Dionysus . Compare Athe- næus , v . p . 200 . tion . It is no common building that can find E 2 THE DIONYSIA AT ATHENS . 51.
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