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... considered as a remedy for a hopeless passion . The celebrated poetess Sappho leaped hence to cure her unrequited affection for Phaon , and was killed . Eleu'sis , famous for the mysteries celebrated there in honour 4 INTRODUCTION TO.
... considered as a remedy for a hopeless passion . The celebrated poetess Sappho leaped hence to cure her unrequited affection for Phaon , and was killed . Eleu'sis , famous for the mysteries celebrated there in honour 4 INTRODUCTION TO.
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... at Athens , into citizens , naturalized foreigners , and slaves . They were generally considered , in common with the rest of the Boeo- * Vide History . tians , as an indolent and sluggish people , and GRECIAN HISTORY . 19.
... at Athens , into citizens , naturalized foreigners , and slaves . They were generally considered , in common with the rest of the Boeo- * Vide History . tians , as an indolent and sluggish people , and GRECIAN HISTORY . 19.
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... considered as the Sun , while others represent Phoebus as a different deity . of 9. Mars , the son of Jupiter and Ju'no , ( or as some say Ju'no alone , ) the god of war , is generally represented as an old man with a thick bushy beard ...
... considered as the Sun , while others represent Phoebus as a different deity . of 9. Mars , the son of Jupiter and Ju'no , ( or as some say Ju'no alone , ) the god of war , is generally represented as an old man with a thick bushy beard ...
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... considered worthy of the priestly office ; it being thought a dishonour to the gods that they should be served by the lame , the maimed , or those who were any other way imperfect . Nor was their bodily perfection alone sufficient ; it ...
... considered worthy of the priestly office ; it being thought a dishonour to the gods that they should be served by the lame , the maimed , or those who were any other way imperfect . Nor was their bodily perfection alone sufficient ; it ...
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... considered as acceptable to the gods , unless mixed with salt . 12. No animal was permitted to be offered to the gods unless it was perfect and without blemish ; to ascertain this , it underwent a strict examination by the priest . Food ...
... considered as acceptable to the gods , unless mixed with salt . 12. No animal was permitted to be offered to the gods unless it was perfect and without blemish ; to ascertain this , it underwent a strict examination by the priest . Food ...
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Page 266 - Apollodorus, who had been in tears during almost the whole conversation, began then to raise great cries, and to lament with such excessive grief, as pierced the hearts of all that were present. Socrates alone remained unmoved, and even reproved his friends, though with his usual mildness and good nature.
Page 259 - He does not swear to discharge with impunity whom he pleases; but to do justice where it is due. We ought not therefore to accustom you to perjury, nor you to suffer yourselves to be accustomed to, it; for in so doing...
Page 149 - It is even asserted, that he did not leave money enough behind him to pay the expenses of his funeral ; but that the government was obliged to bear the charge of it, and to maintain his family.
Page 263 - Presently after they entered, and found Socrates, whose chains had been taken off, sitting by Xantippe, his wife, who held one of his children in her arms; as soon as she perceived them, setting up great cries, sobbing, and tearing her face and hair, she made the prison resound with her complaints.
Page 258 - I should have been amongst the dead long ago, had I been concerned in the measures of the state, without effecting any thing to the advantage of myself or our country. Do not take it ill, I beseech you, if I speak my thoughts without disguise, and with truth and freedom. Every man who would generously oppose a whole people, either...
Page 179 - Nicias to rely entirely upon himself ; and the next day when the people were assembled, and the ambassadors introduced, Alcibiades, with a very obliging air, demanded of them with what powers they were come ? They made answer that they were not come as plenipotentiaries. Upon which he instantly changed his voice and countenance, and...