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... sweet . Nothing and numbered amongst the fathers of lyric poetry . His Parthenia , composed in praise of women , and sung by chorusses of virgins , were very popular amongst the Spartans , and procured for but a few scattered sentences ...
... sweet . Nothing and numbered amongst the fathers of lyric poetry . His Parthenia , composed in praise of women , and sung by chorusses of virgins , were very popular amongst the Spartans , and procured for but a few scattered sentences ...
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... sweet gifts , the Queen of Love , - Wroth with the daughters for the father's sake , The goddess caused them straight , Thrice , thrice , their nuptial bonds to break , And each desert her mate . THE PROCESSION . BEFORE the regal ...
... sweet gifts , the Queen of Love , - Wroth with the daughters for the father's sake , The goddess caused them straight , Thrice , thrice , their nuptial bonds to break , And each desert her mate . THE PROCESSION . BEFORE the regal ...
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... sweet oblivion to our woes . Fill , fill the goblet - one and two : Let every brimmer , as it flows , In sportive chase , the last pursue . THE CONSTITUTION OF A STATE . WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high - raised battlement or ...
... sweet oblivion to our woes . Fill , fill the goblet - one and two : Let every brimmer , as it flows , In sportive chase , the last pursue . THE CONSTITUTION OF A STATE . WHAT constitutes a state ? Not high - raised battlement or ...
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... sweet , though un- only child called Cleis . Out of nine books of connected line , ( found in one of his few remain- lyric verse , besides numerous epigrams , epitha- ing fragments , ) addresses her as his ' Ionλox ” , ȧyvà , lamia ...
... sweet , though un- only child called Cleis . Out of nine books of connected line , ( found in one of his few remain- lyric verse , besides numerous epigrams , epitha- ing fragments , ) addresses her as his ' Ionλox ” , ȧyvà , lamia ...
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... sweet flowers , of earliest bloom , And Clèis is her name : -for whom I Lydia's treasures , were they mine , Would glad resign . II . COME , gentle Youth , and in thy flowing locks With delicate fingers weave a fragrant crown Of ...
... sweet flowers , of earliest bloom , And Clèis is her name : -for whom I Lydia's treasures , were they mine , Would glad resign . II . COME , gentle Youth , and in thy flowing locks With delicate fingers weave a fragrant crown Of ...
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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