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... cause , ' and the balance of the fight hangs even until he heaves a huge boulder , which bursts open the wooden gates of the Greek stockade , and as the Trojans rush in the Greeks flee in confusion to their ships . Neptune , however ...
... cause , ' and the balance of the fight hangs even until he heaves a huge boulder , which bursts open the wooden gates of the Greek stockade , and as the Trojans rush in the Greeks flee in confusion to their ships . Neptune , however ...
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... case , which he proceeds to do . The goddess shrinks from giving any decision herself , but founds a solemn tribunal to judge such causes . The Furies renew their chant , setting forth the evils that will 36 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... case , which he proceeds to do . The goddess shrinks from giving any decision herself , but founds a solemn tribunal to judge such causes . The Furies renew their chant , setting forth the evils that will 36 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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... cause may be fairly tried . Apollo enters the court , and the plead- ings begin . The Furies make Orestes admit his crime , and Apollo argues in his favour . Then Minerva charges the court ( and her words are meant for the assembled ...
... cause may be fairly tried . Apollo enters the court , and the plead- ings begin . The Furies make Orestes admit his crime , and Apollo argues in his favour . Then Minerva charges the court ( and her words are meant for the assembled ...
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... causes of its overflow in the midst of summer , Hero- dotus observes that the Egyptians asserted the migration of the soul in a cycle of other created beings for three thousand years , when it lived again in human form ; and that at ...
... causes of its overflow in the midst of summer , Hero- dotus observes that the Egyptians asserted the migration of the soul in a cycle of other created beings for three thousand years , when it lived again in human form ; and that at ...
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... caused his brother , Smerdis , to be put to death , and after- wards their sister , because she mourned for Smerdis ; pun- ished twelve of his nobles by burying them up to their necks ; forcibly opened tombs , unrolled mummies , and ...
... caused his brother , Smerdis , to be put to death , and after- wards their sister , because she mourned for Smerdis ; pun- ished twelve of his nobles by burying them up to their necks ; forcibly opened tombs , unrolled mummies , and ...
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