The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and TheognisH.G. Bohn, 1856 - 495 pages |
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Page vi
... never trusted him- self to the waves , except from Aulis in Boeotia across the Euripus to Chalcis in Euboea , ( Op . et D. 651 , ) where he won a tripod as the prize of a poetical contest , founded by Am- phidamas , a king of the island ...
... never trusted him- self to the waves , except from Aulis in Boeotia across the Euripus to Chalcis in Euboea , ( Op . et D. 651 , ) where he won a tripod as the prize of a poetical contest , founded by Am- phidamas , a king of the island ...
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... never exercises the gift of a pávrig , implied here . But see Works and Days , 180 . Cf. Horat . Epist . i . 1 , Primâ dicte mihi , summâ dicende Ca- mænâ , Mecænas . Sed quo mihi hæc circa quercum , aut circa petram . ( F. S. Lehrs ...
... never exercises the gift of a pávrig , implied here . But see Works and Days , 180 . Cf. Horat . Epist . i . 1 , Primâ dicte mihi , summâ dicende Ca- mænâ , Mecænas . Sed quo mihi hæc circa quercum , aut circa petram . ( F. S. Lehrs ...
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... never again bear a child ; it having been fated that the next - born should reign in place of Jove . 2 xy . The conjunctive is used , because the fact remains in the poet's day . Goettling . 3 Both good and bad . ] Clericus compares ...
... never again bear a child ; it having been fated that the next - born should reign in place of Jove . 2 xy . The conjunctive is used , because the fact remains in the poet's day . Goettling . 3 Both good and bad . ] Clericus compares ...
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... never any of The poet may be supposed to have continued to some length the catalogue of women , with a preface to which the Theogony ends . Having spoken , perhaps , of Niobe and Semele , as of this list , οἵη την Σεμελήἡ οἵη Νιόβη , he ...
... never any of The poet may be supposed to have continued to some length the catalogue of women , with a preface to which the Theogony ends . Having spoken , perhaps , of Niobe and Semele , as of this list , οἵη την Σεμελήἡ οἵη Νιόβη , he ...
Page 75
... never again be allowed you to do thus : let us however forthwith put an end to the dispute by righteous judgments which are the best from Jove . For already in sooth have we divided the inheritance , and thou 1 This line is quoted in ...
... never again be allowed you to do thus : let us however forthwith put an end to the dispute by righteous judgments which are the best from Jove . For already in sooth have we divided the inheritance , and thou 1 This line is quoted in ...
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Alcmena Amphitryon Apollo beauteous beneath blest Blomf Blomfield born called Callimachus Ceres chariot Compare Hom Cronus Cycnus Cyrnus daughter deities Delos divine earth epigram Esch Euboea Eurip evil fair Fragm fragment Frere Georg goddess gods Goettling golden hands hast hath heart heaven Hercules Herodot Hesiod Homer honour Horat Hymn Iapetus immortal Iolaus isles Jove Jove's Juno king Kurnus Latona Lennep Matt Megara mentioned mighty mind Minerva mortal mountain Muses noble nymph o'er Odyss Olympus Ovid Pallas passage Pausan Pausanias Phoebus Pindar poem poet quotes race sacred says sire Smith's Dict song Soph spake Spanheim steeds Strabo swift Tartarus Thebes thee Theocr Theog Theognis Thessaly thine thou Titans toil Triopas verses viii Virg wealth ween Welcker whilst wont word wretched xvii xxiv γὰρ δε ἐν καὶ τε τὸ
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Page 35 - Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven...
Page 234 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter...
Page 125 - And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Page 104 - And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Page 230 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 430 - For profit and increase, at anv price : Of a sound stock, without defect or vice. But, in the daily matches that we make. The price is everything : for money's sake, Men marry : women are in marriage given The churl or ruffian, that in wealth has thriven, May match his offspring with the proudest race: Thus everything is mix'd, noble and base ! If then in outward manner, form, and mind, You find us a degraded, motley kind, Wonder no more, my friend ! the cause is plain, And to lament the consequence...
Page 225 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex.
Page 227 - My train are men of choice and rarest parts, That all particulars of duty know, And in the most exact regard support The worships of their name.
Page 85 - Thus the hawk addressed the nightingale of variegated-throat, as he carried her in his talons, when he had caught her, very high in the clouds. She then, pierced on all sides by his crooked talons, was wailing piteously, whilst he victoriously addressed his speech to her. "Wretch, wherefore criest thou?
Page 431 - Our commonwealth preserves its former frame, Our common people are no more the same. They, that in skins and hides were rudely dress'd, Nor dreamt of law, nor sought to be redress'd By rules of right, but in the days of old Flock'd to the town, like cattle to the fold, Are now the brave and wise.