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... mortal . Her mother Dione consoles her by narrating how other deities have had to endure wrongs from men , whilst Apollo carries Æneas to be tended by Latona and Diana . Mars now calls Hector to the rescue , and Æneas returns cured ...
... mortal . Her mother Dione consoles her by narrating how other deities have had to endure wrongs from men , whilst Apollo carries Æneas to be tended by Latona and Diana . Mars now calls Hector to the rescue , and Æneas returns cured ...
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... mortal . She obeys , but remonstrates with her lover at his willingness to leave her , whilst he is apparently more desirous to see his home again than his wife . He sets sail , but Neptune , who is still angry with him , wrecks his ...
... mortal . She obeys , but remonstrates with her lover at his willingness to leave her , whilst he is apparently more desirous to see his home again than his wife . He sets sail , but Neptune , who is still angry with him , wrecks his ...
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... mortal man Unnerves the limbs ; dissolves the wiser breast By reason steeled , and quells the very soul . ' Elton . Night and day , the firmament , the mountains , and the sea , are then called forth , and the Titans , the Cyclopes ...
... mortal man Unnerves the limbs ; dissolves the wiser breast By reason steeled , and quells the very soul . ' Elton . Night and day , the firmament , the mountains , and the sea , are then called forth , and the Titans , the Cyclopes ...
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... mortal blow ! ' The back of the stage then opens , and Clytemnestra is seen standing over her husband's corpse , axe in hand . She defends her deed in a long speech , but the Chorus condemn her to be outcast and abhorred , invoking ...
... mortal blow ! ' The back of the stage then opens , and Clytemnestra is seen standing over her husband's corpse , axe in hand . She defends her deed in a long speech , but the Chorus condemn her to be outcast and abhorred , invoking ...
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... mortal man bestowed , And named the strain her many - headed mode ; Memorial fair of each frequented game ! ' ANTISTROPHE . ' Through slender brass it flows ; through many a reedy quill , That grew by the Grace's town for choral dance ...
... mortal man bestowed , And named the strain her many - headed mode ; Memorial fair of each frequented game ! ' ANTISTROPHE . ' Through slender brass it flows ; through many a reedy quill , That grew by the Grace's town for choral dance ...
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