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... daughter of Lycurgus , king of Thrace , who was abandoned by Demophoon , nor Codrus with the early king of Athens . ANTHON . Mo. Nay , I will rather try those strains which ECL . IV . 50-63 . v . 1-12 . 13 BUCOLICS .
... daughter of Lycurgus , king of Thrace , who was abandoned by Demophoon , nor Codrus with the early king of Athens . ANTHON . Mo. Nay , I will rather try those strains which ECL . IV . 50-63 . v . 1-12 . 13 BUCOLICS .
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... daughters of Prœtus 13 with imaginary lowings filled the fields : yet none of them pursued such vile embraces of a beast , however they might dread the plough about their necks , and often feel for horns on their smooth foreheads . Ah ...
... daughters of Prœtus 13 with imaginary lowings filled the fields : yet none of them pursued such vile embraces of a beast , however they might dread the plough about their necks , and often feel for horns on their smooth foreheads . Ah ...
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... daughter of Nisus ? or of her whom , round the snowy waist , begirt with barking monsters , fame records to have vexed 22 the Dulichian ships , and in the deep abyss , alas , to have torn in pieces the trembling sailors with sea - dogs ...
... daughter of Nisus ? or of her whom , round the snowy waist , begirt with barking monsters , fame records to have vexed 22 the Dulichian ships , and in the deep abyss , alas , to have torn in pieces the trembling sailors with sea - dogs ...
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... daughter of Pan- dion , king of Athens , who , in revenge for his having violated her sister Philomela , and cut out her tongue , killed his son Itys , and served him up at a banquet . According to the poets , they were all changed into ...
... daughter of Pan- dion , king of Athens , who , in revenge for his having violated her sister Philomela , and cut out her tongue , killed his son Itys , and served him up at a banquet . According to the poets , they were all changed into ...
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... daughter of Nereus , sweeter to me than Hybla's thyme , whiter than swans , fairer than white ivy ; soon as the well - fed steers shall return to their stalls , come , if thou hast any regard for Corydon . T. May I even appear to thee ...
... daughter of Nereus , sweeter to me than Hybla's thyme , whiter than swans , fairer than white ivy ; soon as the well - fed steers shall return to their stalls , come , if thou hast any regard for Corydon . T. May I even appear to thee ...
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