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... poet were alluding to a false throw often preventing a man wrestling , it is mere assumption to talk of disqualification and stoppage of the pentathlon . For the competitor who won the discus - hurling would often if he had lost the ...
... poet were alluding to a false throw often preventing a man wrestling , it is mere assumption to talk of disqualification and stoppage of the pentathlon . For the competitor who won the discus - hurling would often if he had lost the ...
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... poet's inmost heart . It is therefore not surprising that the scene of the myth should lie in Thebes . The warm glow shed by the festive enjoyment of honorable repose and the splendor of wealth , lavish hospitality , and victory in war ...
... poet's inmost heart . It is therefore not surprising that the scene of the myth should lie in Thebes . The warm glow shed by the festive enjoyment of honorable repose and the splendor of wealth , lavish hospitality , and victory in war ...
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... poet to his halls , and to him praise is due to confound various cavillers . 25-30 . Men ought to develope natural gifts of strength and foresight , with both of which Chromios is endowed . 31 , 32. One ought not to hoard , but to use ...
... poet to his halls , and to him praise is due to confound various cavillers . 25-30 . Men ought to develope natural gifts of strength and foresight , with both of which Chromios is endowed . 31 , 32. One ought not to hoard , but to use ...
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... poet meant to imply that the valor of Chromios had been precocious . On the other hand , the precocity of Hêrakles is a signal instance , as Aristarchos said , of the innate courage and vigor ascribed to his descendant . The ...
... poet meant to imply that the valor of Chromios had been precocious . On the other hand , the precocity of Hêrakles is a signal instance , as Aristarchos said , of the innate courage and vigor ascribed to his descendant . The ...
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... poet's verses are the winged horses which will bear over the world the car , Chromios ' victory . For meta- phor cf. P. 10. 65. For the con- junction ἅρμα Χρομίου Νεμέα θ ' , cf. Ν . 4. 9 Νεμέα | Τιμασάρχου τε πάλα . ὀτρύνει Echoed by ...
... poet's verses are the winged horses which will bear over the world the car , Chromios ' victory . For meta- phor cf. P. 10. 65. For the con- junction ἅρμα Χρομίου Νεμέα θ ' , cf. Ν . 4. 9 Νεμέα | Τιμασάρχου τε πάλα . ὀτρύνει Echoed by ...