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... became a shepherd and fed the herds of Admetus , when wounded by the shafts of Love . ' Ovid here follows Callimachus and Rhianus the Thracian , in assigning love as the cause of the sojourn of Apollo upon earth in the guise of a ...
... became a shepherd and fed the herds of Admetus , when wounded by the shafts of Love . ' Ovid here follows Callimachus and Rhianus the Thracian , in assigning love as the cause of the sojourn of Apollo upon earth in the guise of a ...
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... became equivalent to Argivus and so to Graecus . The patronymic Inachides is applied by Ovid both to Epaphus whom Io daughter of Inachus bore to Jupiter , and also to a more remote descendant , the hero Perseus , son of Jupiter and ...
... became equivalent to Argivus and so to Graecus . The patronymic Inachides is applied by Ovid both to Epaphus whom Io daughter of Inachus bore to Jupiter , and also to a more remote descendant , the hero Perseus , son of Jupiter and ...
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... became enamoured of Philomela , and having gained possession of her , under the pretext that Procne was dead , shut her up and cut out her tongue that she might be unable to disclose his villany . However , by weaving certain characters ...
... became enamoured of Philomela , and having gained possession of her , under the pretext that Procne was dead , shut her up and cut out her tongue that she might be unable to disclose his villany . However , by weaving certain characters ...
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... became the mother of Achilles . 16. Iuveni , the beautiful Adonis , the boy beloved of Venus , cut off in the bloom of youth by a wound from the tusks of a wild boar . He was restored to life by Proserpine , upon condition of spending ...
... became the mother of Achilles . 16. Iuveni , the beautiful Adonis , the boy beloved of Venus , cut off in the bloom of youth by a wound from the tusks of a wild boar . He was restored to life by Proserpine , upon condition of spending ...
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... became familiarly acquainted with the Ionian sea and the coasts of Italy , they loved to give a local habitation to all the places mentioned in the Odyssey , most of which we have no reason to believe ever existed , except in the fancy ...
... became familiarly acquainted with the Ionian sea and the coasts of Italy , they loved to give a local habitation to all the places mentioned in the Odyssey , most of which we have no reason to believe ever existed , except in the fancy ...
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Page 267 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 100 - Linus, huic mater quamvis atque huic pater adsit, Orphei Calliopea, Lino formosus Apollo.
Page 153 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 266 - Ecce Sabinorum prisco de sanguine magnum agmen agens Clausus magnique ipse agminis instar, Claudia nunc a quo diffunditur et tribus et gens per Latium, postquam in partem data Roma Sabinis.
Page 189 - ... nam veneror, seu stipes habet desertus in agris seu vetus in trivio florida serta lapis: et quodcumque mihi pomum novus educat annus, libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo.
Page 83 - Est in conspectu Tenedos, notissima fama insula, dives opum, Priami dum regna manebant, nunc tantum sinus et statio male fida carinis : hue se provecti deserto in litore condunt.
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Page 228 - MERCURI, facunde nepos Atlantis, Qui feros cultus hominum recentum Voce formasti catus, et decorae More palaestrae : Te canam, magni Jovis et deorum Nuntium, curvaeque lyrae parentem, Callidum, quidquid placuit, jocoso Conder-e furto.
Page 272 - Gramina. Nonne vides croceos ut Tmolus odores, India mittit ebur, molles sua tura Sabaei, At Chalybes nudi ferrum, virosaque Pontus Castorea, Eliadum palmas Epiros equarum...
Page 289 - ... hoc, ubi nunc fora sunt, udae tenuere paludes ; amne redundatis fossa madebat aquis. Curtius ille lacus, siccas qui sustinet aras, nunc solida est tellus, sed lacus ante fuit.