The Argonautics, tr. into Engl. verse with notes by W. Preston, Том 3 |
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... fables and traditions , differs , in many circumstances , from the narrative of Apollonius ; and particularly with respect to the route , which the adventurers pursued , on their return from Colchis to Greece.The reader will not be ...
... fables and traditions , differs , in many circumstances , from the narrative of Apollonius ; and particularly with respect to the route , which the adventurers pursued , on their return from Colchis to Greece.The reader will not be ...
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... fables dark I chuse , Tho ' such disguise but little suits my muse . " The expression devovet - devotes with curses , is cha- racteristic of the deadly rancour , with which Callimachus pursued his foe - and the expressions of cæcis ...
... fables dark I chuse , Tho ' such disguise but little suits my muse . " The expression devovet - devotes with curses , is cha- racteristic of the deadly rancour , with which Callimachus pursued his foe - and the expressions of cæcis ...
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... fable was formed , of their going in quest of the golden fleece ; these fleeces , when they were replenished with gold dust , appearing as so many fleeces of goid . - Varro and Pliny pretend , that this fable owes its origin , to the ...
... fable was formed , of their going in quest of the golden fleece ; these fleeces , when they were replenished with gold dust , appearing as so many fleeces of goid . - Varro and Pliny pretend , that this fable owes its origin , to the ...
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... fable , " replete with inconsistencies and contradictions ; yet 66 many writers , ancient and modern , have taken the ac- 66 count in the gross , and without exception to any par- " ticular part , presumed to make use of it , for a ...
... fable , " replete with inconsistencies and contradictions ; yet 66 many writers , ancient and modern , have taken the ac- 66 count in the gross , and without exception to any par- " ticular part , presumed to make use of it , for a ...
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... fable about the bull of Europa , and the like . " Under all these is couched the same history , under a " different allegory or emblem . In the wanderings of " Rhea , Isis , Astarte , Ino , or Iona , and Damater , is sig- " nified the ...
... fable about the bull of Europa , and the like . " Under all these is couched the same history , under a " different allegory or emblem . In the wanderings of " Rhea , Isis , Astarte , Ino , or Iona , and Damater , is sig- " nified the ...
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