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... enter our abodes Ye sacred ministers of men and gods ! I know your message ; by constraint you came ; Not you , but your imperious lord I blame . Patroclus , haste , the fair Briseïs bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But ...
... enter our abodes Ye sacred ministers of men and gods ! I know your message ; by constraint you came ; Not you , but your imperious lord I blame . Patroclus , haste , the fair Briseïs bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But ...
Page 35
... enter there , With tail and bended ears he fawning soothes : But suffers not that they with backward step Repass : whoe'er would issue from the gates Of Pluto strong , and stern Persiphone , For them , with marking eye , he lurks ; on ...
... enter there , With tail and bended ears he fawning soothes : But suffers not that they with backward step Repass : whoe'er would issue from the gates Of Pluto strong , and stern Persiphone , For them , with marking eye , he lurks ; on ...
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... Enter MERCURY . Merc . Thou art mad . Prom . If to detest my foes be madness , It is a malady that I am proud of . Merc . Were't well with thee , thou wouldst not be endured . Thou'st given me yet no answer for the Father . Prom . Did ...
... Enter MERCURY . Merc . Thou art mad . Prom . If to detest my foes be madness , It is a malady that I am proud of . Merc . Were't well with thee , thou wouldst not be endured . Thou'st given me yet no answer for the Father . Prom . Did ...
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... Enter HERALD . * Her . Hail to ! my native and paternal soil ! Hail to ! my country , and the sweet approach Of Argive land ! in ten long years return'd , I stand upon thee gladly , O my country ! And save this one of many a shipwreck'd ...
... Enter HERALD . * Her . Hail to ! my native and paternal soil ! Hail to ! my country , and the sweet approach Of Argive land ! in ten long years return'd , I stand upon thee gladly , O my country ! And save this one of many a shipwreck'd ...
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... enter . Chor . Thyestes ' bloody feast I oft have heard I pray ye , let me have a mortal stroke , of- Her drift beyond that point I cannot see . Cass . I say , thou shalt see Agamemnon's death ! Chor . What man such execrable deed ...
... enter . Chor . Thyestes ' bloody feast I oft have heard I pray ye , let me have a mortal stroke , of- Her drift beyond that point I cannot see . Cass . I say , thou shalt see Agamemnon's death ! Chor . What man such execrable deed ...
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Adic Admetus Alcmena Amph Amphitryon Antistrophe arms Athens bear behold Bleps blest breast breath charms Chor CHORUS Chrem Cleon Clytemnestra Creon Dæm dark daughter dead dear death deeds Demus didst dost thou dread e'en earth Eteocles Eucl Euripides eyes fair fate father fear flame friends give goddess gods grace Greece grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Jove Jupiter king Labr Laius live lord maid Merc Mess mighty mortal mother Muses ne'er never night nymph o'er Palæstra Peleus Phei Plut Plutus poet Polybus Polynices rich round sacred SCENE shalt shore slave sleep song sorrow soul speak Streps Strob STROBILUS sweet tears tell Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus thine thou art tomb Trach Twas Tynd Venus virgin voice wave wife wine words wretch youth