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... king of Mysia . Refusing a passage through his kingdom to the Greeks engaged in the Trojan expedition , he was wounded by Achilles , who after- wards , in compliance with the command of the oracle , healed him by applying to the wound ...
... king of Mysia . Refusing a passage through his kingdom to the Greeks engaged in the Trojan expedition , he was wounded by Achilles , who after- wards , in compliance with the command of the oracle , healed him by applying to the wound ...
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... king of Thrace , who used to feed his horses with hu- man flesh ; he was conquered by Hercules , who threw him to be devoured by his own horses . 44. Fabrum volantem . Mi- nos , king of Crete , confined Dæ- dalus in the labyrinth which ...
... king of Thrace , who used to feed his horses with hu- man flesh ; he was conquered by Hercules , who threw him to be devoured by his own horses . 44. Fabrum volantem . Mi- nos , king of Crete , confined Dæ- dalus in the labyrinth which ...
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... king of Thessaly . He and his wife Pyrrha were the only survivors of a great deluge , which desolated the earth . In- quiring of the oracle of Themis how the human race was to be restored , he was instructed to cast behind him the bones ...
... king of Thessaly . He and his wife Pyrrha were the only survivors of a great deluge , which desolated the earth . In- quiring of the oracle of Themis how the human race was to be restored , he was instructed to cast behind him the bones ...
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... king of the Dryopes in Greece . He followed Hercules in the Argo- nautic expedition . Going one day to fetch water , he let the pitcher fall into the well , and , in trying to recover it , was drowned . His death was much lamented by ...
... king of the Dryopes in Greece . He followed Hercules in the Argo- nautic expedition . Going one day to fetch water , he let the pitcher fall into the well , and , in trying to recover it , was drowned . His death was much lamented by ...
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... king of Rome , in order to give greater anthority to his laws , wished to persuade his subjects that they were dictated to him by the nymph Ægeria , with whom he pretended to hold nightly conferences . 16. Ejectis camanis . Numa had ...
... king of Rome , in order to give greater anthority to his laws , wished to persuade his subjects that they were dictated to him by the nymph Ægeria , with whom he pretended to hold nightly conferences . 16. Ejectis camanis . Numa had ...
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Page 18 - Dum nova canities, dum prima et recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi, quod torqueat, et pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo.
Page 167 - ... atque recens linum ostendit non una cicatrix ? Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 8 - Quidquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli. Et quando uberior vitiorum copia ? quando Major avaritiae patuit sinus ? alea quando 80 Hos animos ? Neque enim loculis comitantibus itur Ad casum tabulae, posita sed luditur area.
Page 101 - Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses. 'Perituros audio multos.
Page 179 - Bithyno libeat vigilare tyranno. finem animae, quae res humanas miscuit olim, non gladii, non saxa dabunt nec tela, sed ille Cannarum vindex et tanti sanguinis ultor 165 anulus.
Page 172 - Nee tamen haec tantum metuas : nam, qui spoliet te, Non deerit, clausis domibus, postquam omnis ubique Fixa catenatae siluit compago tabernae.
Page 12 - ... poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas.
Page 197 - Tradidit arcano quodcumque volumine Moses, Non monstrare vias eadem nisi sacra colenti, Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos.
Page 123 - Temporibus, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo.
Page 59 - Gloria quantalibet quid erit, si gloria tantum est? Curritur ad vocem jucundam et carmen amicae Thebaidos, laetam fecit quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. Tanta dulcedine captos Afficit ille animos tantaque libidine vulgi 85 Auditur : sed quum fregit subsellia versu Esurit, intactam Paridi nisi vendat Agaven.