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...An enclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology based on Project Gutenberg's edition of Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M.Berens with illustrations from Wikimedia Commons. ...

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...contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millennia, but Hindus in India and the Arabs unveil the numerical tools needed for modern science to emerge in the West. -- 12. Invaders from the North Scan...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ...heir memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ... imagination with places to warehouse his memory.‖ The accuracy of our ancient forbearers‘ spoken messages rested solely upon the listener‘s memo... ...he legend of Philomela: Rape victim weaves her revenge King Tereus of Thrace agreed to travel to Athens and escort his wife Procne’s sister, Phi... ...ed to travel to Athens and escort his wife Procne’s sister, Philomela, to Thrace for a visit. Tereus lusted for Philomela on the voyage. When they ar... ... a visit. Tereus lusted for Philomela on the voyage. When they arrived in Thrace, he forced her to a cabin in the woods and raped her. The defiant... ...ct the sharing of problem-solving knowledge. The magic of writing broke ancient tribal bonds and passed the tribal chiefs‘ powers to warrior-leade...

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...ie of our Judgement XLVIII. Of Steeds, called in French Destriers XLIX. Of ancient Customes L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus LI. Of the Vanitie of Word... ... than the best, disclaimeth all memorie, authorities, or borrowing of the ancient or moderne; whereas in course of his discourse he seemes acquainte... ...all meanes and compass to bee expressed by teares.' The invention of that ancient Painter might happily fit this purpose, who in the sacrifice of Ip... ... a more authenticall testimonie of humane imbecilitie, it is noted by our Ancients that Diodorus the Logician, being surprised with an extreme passi... ...ing by shooting of arrowes to draw God to some reason. Now, as saith that ancient Poet in Plutarch, Point ne se faut corroucer aux affaires, Il ne ... ...eies, which, as a man may say, differ in nothing but in their clothes. In Thrace, the King was after a pleasant manner distinguished from his people... ...of him. Neverthelesse Augustus having trusted Lucius Piso, that conquered Thrace, with the secretest affaires he had in hand, had never cause to be ... ...both of God and Nature. By that reason, the fox, which the inhabitants of Thrace use when they will attempt to march upon the yce of some frozen riv... ...meed of their paine and reward of their industry. As about Amphipolis, in Thrace, faulkners and wilde hawks divide their game equally: and as about ...

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...e East nourish the Renaissance. 11. The Missing Keys to Science Chest Ancient Greece’s fear of the void blocked the advance of science for millen... ...he printed word have been used. They can let you move from the peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to ... ... their memories. Boorstin relates awesome mnemonic skills that bloomed in ancient times. Take, for instance, the legendary Greek lyric poet Simonide... ...is imagination with places to warehouse his memory.‖ The accuracy of our ancient forbearers‘ spoken messages rested solely upon the listener‘s memo... ... the legend of Philomela: Rape victim weaves her revenge King Tereus of Thrace agreed to travel to Athens and escort his wife Procne’s sister, Phi... ...ed to travel to Athens and escort his wife Procne’s sister, Philomela, to Thrace for a visit. Tereus lusted for Philomela on the voyage. When they ar... ... a visit. Tereus lusted for Philomela on the voyage. When they arrived in Thrace, he forced her to a cabin in the woods and raped her. The defiant P... ...rict the sharing of problem-solving knowledge. The magic of writing broke ancient tribal bonds and passed the tribal chiefs‘ powers to warrior-leade...

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...while casting a disdainful glance at the native waiter). To them it looks like an ancient force of nature and, therefore, an inevitability - hence... ...uggernaut without precedent. Though history rarely repeats itself in details - both Ancient Rome and Byzantium hold relevant - albeit very limited -... ...people of Aydin were mercenaries at the service of competing factions in Byzantium (Thrace versus Constantinople). Orhan wanted to cut into this luc... ...ween support and rejection for Cantacuzenus, who was crowned as Emperor John VI in Thrace in 1346. The new emperor, aided by hordes of Turkish troo... ...f Turkish troops, demolished the coalition set against him. A revolution erupted in Thrace and Macedonia. "The Zealots", having seized power In The... ...one from John V Palaeologus, the new emperor granted him the right to ravage both Thrace and his own daughter, Theodora, whom Orhan married. Otto... ...istan's own international status. Afghanistan is an historical buffer zone in the ancient Great Game of Central Eurasia. It is the gateway through... ...lan involves immoral or even illegal acts. As international law evolves beyond the ancient percepts of sovereignty, it should incorporate new think... ...lan involves immoral or even illegal acts. As international law evolves beyond the ancient percepts of sovereignty, it should incorporate new think...

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...magination. Serbia has long hungered after its slice of a dismembered Macedonia and Thrace in a banquet attended by both Bulgaria and Greece. But th... ...attitudes are permissive rather than puritanical, even though his emancipation from ancient taboos brings him no sexual peace. Fiercely competitive ... ...housands and confiscated their lands and liquidated the secular political elites in Thrace, Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania. The resulting vacuum of le... ...while casting a disdainful glance at the native waiter). To them it looks like an ancient force of nature and, therefore, an inevitability - hence... ...s continuity of feudal practices. Both manual labour and trade were derided in the Ancient World. This derision was partially eroded during the Dar... ...thus: "The medieval citizen was on the way towards becoming an economic man ... the ancient citizen was a political man." What communism did to the... ...back. Weber's "Homo Economicus" yielded to communism's supercilious version of the ancient Greeks' "Zoon Politikon". John of Salisbury might as wel...

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...eived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivaled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many--if we except the cities of Greece, none at all--in the grandeur of architectural display. Speaking even of Lond...

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... other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever ri- valled this astonishing metropolis in... ...and within that zone she comprehended not only all the great cities of the ancient world, but so per- fectly did she lay the garden of the world in ev... ...for those who survive, no arrears of misery are allowed by this scourge of ancient days;* the total penalty is paid down at once. As respected the ha... ...t once. As respected the hand of man, Rome slept for ages in absolute *“Of ancient days.”—For it is remarkable, and it serves to mark an indubitable p... ...erself; upon which topic there is a burst of noble eloquence in one of the ancient Panegyrici, when haranguing the Emperor Theodosius: “Thou, Rome! th... ...e in sight at the head of the Roman army. The Goths retired, but it was to Thrace; and, in the conquest of Philippopolis, they found an ample in- demn...

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...erpretation of their value. In practice they had long sunk into forms. But ancient forms easily lend themselves to a revivification by meanings and ap... ...n consequence unread,) on the toi- lette and the wardrobe of the ladies of ancient Palestine. Hartmann was a respectable Oriental scholar, and he pub-... ... yields a strong presumption that he has exhausted it. The male costume of ancient Pales- tine is yet to be illustrated; but, for the female, it is pr... ... at the next great masquerade in London, to support the part of one of the ancient daughters of Palestine, and to call back, after eighteen centuries ... ...ly in Egypt. For it happens, that the sub- stance used for this purpose in ancient times, is a powerful remedy in cases of ophthalmia and inflammation... ...ays, now confounded with our Mussulmans ejected from Greece, and living in Thrace, or other regions under the Sultan’s sceptre. But even here the puri...

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... of pluralist sinecures in the Church. History and tradi- tion, whether of ancient or comparatively recent times, are subjected to very different hand... ...mprovisation of Italy, can easily form an idea of Demodocus and Phemius.”— Ancient Greece, p. 94.] But poverty soon drove him to Cumæ. Having passed o... ... aside the fact that we must not expect consistency in a mere romance, the ancients had a superstitious belief in the great age of trees which grew ne... ...ential points, must have remained the secret of the poet.” [Note: Heeren’s Ancient Greece, p. 96.] From this criticism, which shows as much insight in... ...ælio, oo dixa tæs sphodrotætos paramenei to megethos] and, among a mass of ancient authors, whose very names [Note: See Tatian, quoted in Fabric. Bibl... ...sullen fury slowly quits the prize. Thus fell two heroes; one the pride of Thrace, And one the leader of the Epeian race; Death’s sable shade at once ... ...He moves to combat with majestic pace; So stalks in arms the grisly god of Thrace, 142 When Jove to punish faithless men prepares, And gives whole nat... ...eano sprung; Whom from his youth his grandsire Cisseus bred, And nursed in Thrace where snowy flocks are fed. Scarce did the down his rosy cheeks inve... ... warriors to confound, And lay the strength of tyrants on the ground: From Thrace they fly, call’d to the dire alarms Of warring Phlegyans, and Ephyri...

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...ivil disobedience or revolt. Now, when we con- sider how intimate, and how ancient, was the connection 9 Thomas de Quincey press voice of God. Such a... ...lating general expres- sions (such as recorded a moral indignation against ancient fallacies or evasions connected with the dispute) into direct ebull... ... saw young Mrs. Harvey, as well as Colonel Watson. And amongst them was an ancient German gentle- man, to what century belonging I do not know, who ha... ...the other, sad, fuscous, begrimed with the snuff of ages, namely, the most ancient Schreiber. Ah! if they could have been divided—these twin yoke-fell... ...ly; such me- mentos, I mean, as, by reviving painful recollections of that ancient Schreiber, who was or ought to be by this time ex- tinct, would nat... ...l economy, suggested by the relative conditions of land and agriculture in Thrace and Asia Mi- nor, by comparison with decaying Italy; but a paramount... ...ch distinguished their own fol- lowers, crossed the Hellespont, conquering Thrace and the countries up to the Danube. In 1453, the most eminent of 20...

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......................................................... 381 CHAPTER XLIX OF ANCIENT CUSTOMS .............................................................. ..................................... 400 CHAPTER LII OF THE PARSIMONY OF THE ANCIENTS...................................................................... ...rent from all others which were at that date in the world. It diverted the ancient currents of thought into new channels. It told its readers, with un... ...eserva- tion; and that the buildings of this bastard Rome, raised upon the ancient productions, although they might excite the ad- miration of the pre... ...n simply out of the ruins of the theatre of Marcellus. He believed that an ancient Roman would not recognise the place again. It often happened that i... ..., though they differ no more, as a man may say, than in their breeches. In Thrace the king was distinguished from his people after a very pleasant and...

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...ry in Crete; that the Cretans, in former times, to acquit themselves of an ancient vow which they had made, were used to send an offering of the first... ... Italy, and settled about Japygia; from thence again, that they removed to Thrace, and were named Bottiaeans and that this is the reason why, in a cer... ...oddess had the name of Epitrapia. When he arrived at Crete, as most of the ancient histori- ans as well as poets tell us, having a clue of thread give... ...ary , which name signifies purification, and the very day of the feast was anciently called Februata; but its name is equivalent to the Greek Lycaea; ... ... and awe of him; many foreign nations, too, showed respect to Romulus; the Ancient Latins sent, and entered into league and confederacy with him. Fide... ...s so called because the citizens were called Quirites; others, because the ancients called a dart or spear Quiris; thus, the statue of Juno resting on... ...-born. I am not of the noble Grecian race, I’m poor Abrotonon, and born in Thrace; Let the Greek women scorn me, if they please, I was the mother of T... ...hemistocles. Yet Phanias writes that the mother of Themistocles was not of Thrace, but of Caria, and that her name was not Abrotonon, but Euterpe; and... ...re into the isle of Naxos, and half that number to Andros, a thousand into Thrace to dwell among the Bisaltae, and others into Italy, when the city Sy...

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... does better, he esteems him. And notably the cause of the laws and of the ancient government of a kingdom, has this always annexed to it, that even t... ...us proceed in our examples of treachery two pre- tenders to the kingdom of Thrace—[Rhescuporis and Cotys. T acitus, Annal., ii. 65]—were fallen into d... ..., and too much imprinted in my fancy that it is a beast of company, as the ancient said, but not of the herd.—[Plutarch, On the Plurality of Friends, ... ...ent to youth, but a reproach to old age.” These verses are preached in the ancient school, a school that I much more adhere to than the modern: its vi... ...man’s foot. That good man, who, when I was young, gelded so many noble and ancient statues in his great city, that they might not corrupt the sight of... ...not corrupt the sight of the ladies, according to the advice of this other ancient worthy: “Flagitii principium est, nudare inter gives corpora,”...

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...reat horror of the rising wave Came o’er us, and the blasts that blow from Thrace Clashed ship with ship, and some with plung ing prow Thro’ scudding... ...e befall, ’Tis a fair chance to serve within a home Of ancient wealth and power. An upstart lord, To whom wealth’s harve... ... loved issue of my travail pangs, To lull and lay the gales that blew from Thrace. That deed of his, I say, that stain and shame, Had rightly been ato... ...t is that murder’s thirst, Blood lapping, inwardly is nursed— Ere time the ancient scar can sain, New blood comes welling forth again. stro... ...sp of fate. CLYTEMNESTRA chanting Now walks thy word aright, to tell This ancient truth of oracle; But I with vows of sooth will pray To him, the pow...

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... there was a man, named Diopithes, at Sparta, who had a great knowledge of ancient oracles, and was thought particularly skillful and clever in all po... ...y against Sparta. Having passed the Hellespont, he marched by land through Thrace, not begging or entreating a passage anywhere, only he sent his mess... ...ian expeditions against them. Out of the fore- sight of which it was, that anciently Lycurgus, in three sev- eral laws, forbade them to make many wars... ...ficient to recover the glory of it, and to raise it to 82 V olume Two its ancient greatness. For as we see in human bodies, long used to a very stric... ...ace. When Epaminondas restored Messene, and recalled from all quarters the ancient citizens to inhabit it, they were not able to obstruct the design, ... ...from Agesilaus; who was slain by Leonidas, while attempting to restore the ancient discipline of Sparta. 89 Plutarch’s Lives POMP POMP POMP POMP POMP... ...fore, he had told him, that of all the mountains he knew, that of Athos in Thrace was the most capable of being adapted to represent the shape and lin... ...ly used, and those who on this account left their homes and went away into Thrace, where Antipater offered them a town and some territory to inhabit, ... ...e service, his brother, on a jour- ney towards Asia, fell sick at Aenus in Thrace, letters with intelligence of which were immediately dispatched to h...

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...nautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apol... ...nautica By Apollonius Rhodius (fl. 3rd Century B.C.) Originally written in Ancient Greek sometime in the 3rd Century B.C. by the Alexandrian poet Apo... ...e Oreithyia, daughter of Erechtheus, bare to Boreas on the verge of wintry Thrace; thither it was that Thracian Boreas snatched her away from Cecropia... ...ive maids whom they themselves brought across the sea from their forays in Thrace; for the terrible wrath of Cypris came upon them, because for a long... ...arts The Argonautica 30 no more to receive our lords on their return from Thrace within our towers so that they might either heed the right or might ... ...the city and went back to where even now they dwell on the snowy tilths of Thrace. Do ye therefore stay and settle with us; and shouldst thou desire t... ...the Doliones first sprung. Thither Argo pressed on, driven by the winds of Thrace, and the Fair haven received her as she sped. There they cast away t... ... as guardian of their city, and to build their city round the trunk of the ancient wild olive; but they, instead of the god fearing Aeolid Idmon, at t...

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...a, the Mendozas, Gongora, were all 9 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. men of ancient families, and, curiously, all, except the last, of fami- lies that ... ...though nominally taken from the castle, it was in reality derived from the ancient territorial possession of the family, and as a set-off, and to dist... ...a knight. “For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees me, after slumb... ...azy down, mounted his celebrated steed Rocinante and began to traverse the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel;’” which in fact he was actually traver... ...elf somewhat in this fashion: “Happy the age, happy the time, to which the ancients gave the name of golden, not because in that fortunate age the gol... ...very good hand. The first that he opened he found to be “Don Cirongilio of Thrace,” and the second “Don Felixmarte of Hircania,” and the other the “Hi... ... been flocks of sheep. And then, what do you say to the good Cirongilio of Thrace, that was so stout and bold; as may be seen in the book, where it is... ...e never was any Felixmarte of Hircania in the world, nor any Cirongilio of Thrace, or any of the other knights of the same sort, that the books of chi...

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...do, Calderon, Garcilaso de la Vega, the Mendozas, Gongora, were all men of ancient families, and, curiously, all, except the last, of fami- lies that ... ...though nominally taken from the castle, it was in reality derived from the ancient territorial possession of the family, and as a set-off, and to dist... ...a knight. “For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees me, after slumb... ...azy down, mounted his celebrated steed Rocinante and began to traverse the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel;’” which in fact he was actually traver... ...elf somewhat in this fashion: “Happy the age, happy the time, to which the ancients gave the name of golden, not because in that fortunate age the gol... ...very good hand. The first that he opened he found to be “Don Cirongilio of Thrace,” and the second “Don Felixmarte of Hircania,” and the other the “Hi... ... been flocks of sheep. And then, what do you say to the good Cirongilio of Thrace, that was so stout and bold; as may be seen in the book, where it is... ...e never was any Felixmarte of Hircania in the world, nor any Cirongilio of Thrace, or any of the other knights of the same sort, that the books of chi... ...ho more sincere than Esplandian? Who more impetuous than Don Cirongilio of Thrace? Who more bold than Rodamonte? Who more prudent than King Sobrino? W...

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... throne; but Hera saw, and was not igno rant how that the daughter of the Ancient of the sea, Thetis the silver footed, had devised counsel with him.... ...raid lest thou have been won over by silver footed Thetis, daughter of the Ancient of the sea, for she at early morn sat by thee and clasped thy knees... ...ht leg hard by the ankle, and the caster thereof was captain of the men of Thrace, Peirros son of Imbrasos that had come from Ainos. The pitiless ston... ...his life. Yet he stripped not off his armour; for his comrades, the men of Thrace that wear the top knot, stood around, their long spears in their han... ..., the home of fishes, even the north wind and the west wind that blow from Thrace, coming suddenly; and the dark billow straightway lifteth up its cre... ...uts are full of wine that the ships of the Achaians bring thee by day from Thrace across the wide sea; all entertainment is for thee, being king over ... ...of Atreus followed on, crying eagerly to the Danaans. And past the tomb of ancient Ilos, son of Dardanos, across the mid plain, past the place of the ... ...ned Earth shaker held no vain watch, but went with them in the guise of an ancient man, and he seized the right hand of Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, and ut... ...nd Zeus, the Lord of counsel, thundered loudly, hearing the prayers of the ancient son of Neleus. But the T rojans when they heard the thunder of aegi...

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...ho more sincere than Esplandian? Who more impetuous than Don Cirongilio of Thrace? Who more bold than Rodamonte? Who more prudent than King Sobrino? W... ..., courteous to all, without seeking to vie with those whose nobility is of ancient date, depend upon it, Teresa, no one will remember what he was, and... ...e, well and good; but to suppose that I am going to disturb or unhinge the ancient usage of knight-errantry, is all nonsense. And so, my Sancho, get y... ...he emperor was anxious to see that famous temple of the Rotunda, called in ancient times the temple ‘of all the gods,’ but now-a-days, by a better nom... ...he field or not sleeping under a roof Rocinante was not to be stripped—the ancient usage established and observed by knights- errant being to take off... ... winds blew for more than a week. Another time I was ordered to lift those ancient stones, the mighty bulls of Guisando, an enterprise that might more...

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...of her own hospitality. Jupiter, Neptune, Minerva, and Momus ACCORDING to an ancient legend, the first man was made by Jupiter, the first bull by Nept... ...an is known by the company he keeps. The Two Bags EVERY MAN, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his n... ...d you with enjoyment.” The Lark Burying Her Father THE LARK (according to an ancient legend) was created before the earth itself, and when her father ... ...Fables The Trees Under the Protection of the Gods THE GODS, according to an ancient legend, made choice of certain trees to be under their special pr... ...u rity. Sardis, the capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chief city of a province of P... ...he capital of Lydia; Samos, a Greek island; Mesembria, an ancient colony in Thrace; and Cotiaeum, the chief city of a province of Phrygia, contend fo...

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...cheapness is an old usurers’ age. England before the war was a paradise of ancient usuries; everywhere were great houses and enclosed parks; the multi... ...re to be sent up and wages down, while the old feuds of Wales and Ireland, ancient theological and sec- tarian jealousies and babyish loyalties, and s... ... Great Britain that we are confronted with the spectacle of this great and ancient kingdom reconstructing itself perforce, while it wages the greatest... ...fe as creative opportunity. We want to emancipate this profession from its ancient guild restrictions—the most anti-social and disastrous of all such ... ... of fact it is the lawyer-politicians, split by factions that simulate the ancient government and opposition, who rule, under a steadily growing press... ...t trade will always be with Central Europe. For generations the Turks held Thrace and Anatolia before they secured Constantinople. The Turk can exist ...

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...of pluralist sinecures in the Church. History and tra dition, whether of ancient or comparatively recent times, are subjected to very different hand... ... comparative inferiority of the Odyssey to the Iliad; and, among a mass of ancient authors, whose very names it would be tedious to detail, no suspici... ...lly put it; and it has been considered incumbent on those who defended the ancient aggregate character of the Iliad and Odyssey, to maintain that they... ... portant ally of the Peloponnesian sovereign: the pre eminent value of the ancient poetry on the T rojan war may thus have forced the national feeling... ...n much more likely to have emanated from an Athenian synod of compilers of ancient song, than an Achilleid or an Odysseid. Could France have given bir... ...ey.” Then to the snares his force the god applies; They burst; and Mars to Thrace indignant flies: To the soft Cyprian shores the goddess moves, T o v...

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...s, and has a great mind to discuss the expediency of using up the whole of ancient history, for the same purpose. I do not know what he means to do wi... ...bout in the 36 TanglewoodTales Pygmy histories, and talked about in their ancient traditions. The most venerable and white bearded Pygmy had never he... ...ewoodTales ness, whatever it may be, and reading their little histories of ancient times. In those histories, perhaps, it stands recorded, that, a gre... ...rse it was best to pursue. This won derful tree stood in the center of an ancient wood. Its stately trunk rose up a hundred feet into the air, and th... ...un away with. Another strange adventure happened when the voyagers came to Thrace, where they found a poor blind king, named Phineus, deserted by his ...

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...t trusting to my own learning, which is little or none at all, but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not...

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...rom traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and... ...idorus, Prosper, and from the annals of the Scots and Saxons, and from our ancient traditions. Many teachers and scribes have attempted to write this,... ...n Somersetshire). 33. Cair loit coit (Lincoln). These are the names of the ancient cities of the island of Britain. it has also a vast many promontori... ...consist of four different people; the Scots, the Picts, the Saxons and the ancient Britons. 8. Three considerable islands belong to it; one, on the so... ...another di- rectly north, beyond the Picts, named Orkney; and hence it was anciently a proverbial expression, in reference to its kings and rulers, “H... ...h, sprung the Cappadoces; and from the seventh, named Tiras, descended the Thraces: these are the sons of Japheth, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech....

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... pal design of wisdom; for to comprise it all in one word, says one of the ancients, and to contract all the rules of human life into one, “it is to w... ...dent,” as the motto of our Talebot has it. ’Tis no wonder, says one of the ancients, that chance has so great a dominion over us, since it is by chanc... ...ing the most inward se- crets of his affairs to Lucius Piso, who conquered Thrace, never found him faulty in the least, no more than Tiberias did Coss... ... discourse; for besides that I easily submit my belief to the authority of ancient opinions, I look upon it indeed as an unmanly and stupid vice, but ... ...vours of the god. There is more time and constancy re- quired than so. The ancients spent whole nights in this exer- cise, and ofttimes added the day ... ... not interrupt his dinner or break his sleep is inexcusable. And there was anciently at Rome, the consular place, as they called it, which was the mos...

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... of baseness: and yet this was the brief analysis of a devotee amongst the ancient Ro- mans. Now, considering that the word religion is originally Rom... ...ustered to such a derivation: but the last of the three is conclusive. The ancients never did view morality as a mode of obligation: I affirm this per... ...hronism. It is the anachro- nism of unconsciously reflecting back upon the ancient reli- gions of darkness, and as if essential to all religions, feat... ...lind terror, as against power in the hands of divine wickedness, arose the ancient religions of Paganism. Because the gods were wicked, man was religi... ...he other hand, for a mere ‘cultus’ to attempt conversions, is nonsense. An ancient Roman could have had no motive for bringing you over to the worship... ...s for war and peace lay in Europe and (speaking by the narrowest terms) in Thrace. Henceforth, therefore, for the city and throne of Constantine, resu...

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...cy furnished by literature as well as by the popular taste. Was it not the Ancients that began it? Aristophanes, Catullus, Petronius, Martial, flew in... ...ent that Rabelais only collected popular tra- ditions and gave new life to ancient legends is said to be proved by the large number of megalithic monu... ...larity of his novel. No one has ever yet produced a written passage or any ancient testimony to prove the existence of the name before Rabelais. To pl... ...idoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of extrava- gant Conceits found in an ancient Monument. No sooner did the Cymbrians’ overcomer Pass through the a... ...d of the monsters and tyrants wherewith it was suppressed. My masters, the ancient Pantagruelists, have confirmed that which I say, and withal declare... ... chroniclers, the noble French are descended. Aelian writes that he was of Thrace and Agathias, after Herodotus, that he was of Samos; ’tis all one to... ...maller and the greater Brit- ain; such as was the Poneropolis of Philip in Thrace; islands of thieves, banditti, picaroons, robbers, ruffians, and mur... ...ion of the Macrobian children into swans, or that of the men of Pallene in Thrace into birds, as soon as they had bathed themselves in the Tritonic la... ...the rivers Leede near Montpellier, Ganges in India, Po in Italy, Hebrus in Thrace, Tagus in Spain, and Pactolus in Lydia. The small arches between the...

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...and fine kraut. Let us proceed in a body to the borough, and re- store the ancient order of things in V ondervotteimittiss by eject- ing that little f... ...Fum-Fudge University. He was of opinion that the moon was called Bendis in Thrace, Bubastis in Egypt, Dian in Rome, and Artemis in Greece. There was a... ... so deadly. The origin of this enmity seems to be found in the words of an ancient proph- ecy—“A lofty name shall have a fearful fall when, as the rid... ...e, thus discovered, a tendency to allay the irritable feelings of the less ancient and less wealthy Berlifitzings. What wonder then, that the words, h... ... smile from Lady Bury.” He is easy—easy as an old glove, or the damsels of ancient Baiae. Originality:—Y our diddler is original—conscientiously so. H... ...would we do without the Atalantic telegraph? (Pundit says Atlantic was the ancient ad- jective.) We lay to a few minutes to ask the cutter some ques- ...

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...think that it lies in the construction, though Fielding’s following of the ancients, both sincere and satiric, has imposed a false air of regularity u... ...when he asserts, There is no such thing to be found in the writings of the ancients. But perhaps I have less abhorrence than he professes for it; and ... ...he country they call keeping birds. His office was to perform the part the ancients assigned to the god Priapus, which deity the moderns call by the n... ...at that part of the ravisher’s head where, according to the opinion of the ancients, the brains of some persons are deposited, and which he had undoub... ...some modern heroes of the lower class use, like the batter- ing-ram of the ancients, for a weapon of offence; another reason to admire the cunningness... ... his head wrapt in a cloud, and a thunderbolt in his hand, looking towards Thrace; Neptune driving through the sea, which divides on each side to per-...

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...s a bookseller and stationer. His mother was Sa- rah Ford, descended of an ancient race of sub- stantial yeomanry in Warwickshire. They were well adva... ... of mere amusement, ‘not voyages and travels, but all literature, Sir, all ancient writers, all manly: though but little Greek, only some of Anacreon ... ... left with- out a shilling. Johnson wrote for him a Preface to A System of Ancient Geography; and, by the favour of Lord Thurlow, got him admitted a p... ...ohnson was not the less ready to love Mr. Langton, for his being of a very ancient family; for I have heard him say, with pleasure, ‘Langton, Sir, has... ...d, “A History and Chronology of the fabulous Ages.” Some old divinities of Thrace, related to the Titans, and called the CABIRI, made a very 97 Boswe... ...ing of the form of old halls, he said, “In these halls, the fire place was anciently al- ways in the middle of the room, till the Whigs removed it on ...

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...rth wind’s bride, Given to her guest the warrior maid, what time She came to Thrace, a steed whose flying feet Could match the Harpies’ wings. Riding... ...he front Of battle pitiless Achilles storms.” Then spake Laomedon’s son, the ancient king: “Nay, friend, and all ye other sons of T roy, And ye our st... ...ong ago Hector had hearkened to my pleading, when I fain had kept him in the ancient home!” So spake Polydamas the noble and strong, And all the liste... ... for he reverenced in his heart The white hairs of an age mate of his sire: “Ancient,” he cried, “it were my shame to fight. With one so much mine eld... ...lain, for sons, For noble kinsmen. Most of all shall joy My father, and the ancient men, whose feet Unwillingly are chained within the walls By eld, ... ...perfect happiness to hapless men.” So he in grief lamented Peleus’ son. Then ancient Phoenix made heart stricken moan, Clasping the noble form of Aeac... ...ereon Anchises clasped the Queen of Love. Agamemnon smote down Stratus: unto Thrace Returned he not from war, but died far off From his dear fatherlan... ...Ares drew back from the war, For manifest to him was Zeus’s wrath. To wintry Thrace he passed; his haughty heart Quintus Smyrnaeus The Fall of Troy... ...hat they gave them not their due, But couched beside the handmaid thralls of Thrace, The captives of their spears when they laid waste The land of war...

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...town on town Up rugged precipices heaved and reared, And rivers undergliding ancient walls. Or should I celebrate the sea that laves Her upper shores ... ...n; they Strip their tough bodies for the rustic sport. Such life of yore the ancient Sabines led, Such Remus and his brother: Etruria thus, Doubt not,... ...onqueror, then love’s loss Avenged not; with one glance toward the byre, His ancient royalties behind him lie. So with all heed his strength he practi... ... the running wave: But at day’s hottest seek a shadowy vale, Where some vast ancient timbered oak of Jove Spreads his huge branches, or where huddling... ...e rose Forestalled him with the fetters; he nathless, All unforgetful of his ancient craft, Transforms himself to every wondrous thing, Fire and a fea... ...dope, And tall Pangaea, and, beloved of Mars, The land that bowed to Rhesus, Thrace no less With Hebrus’ stream; and Orithyia wept, Daughter of Acte o...

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...in sections. a) After the pre- lude, which Pausanias failed to find in the ancient copy en- graved on lead seen by him on Mt. Helicon, comes a general... ... regarded as either devotional or liturgical. The Hymn is doubtless a very ancient form; but if no example of extreme antiquity survive this must be p... ...ocuments such as the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, or are quoted by various ancient authors. These poetic fragments clearly antedate the Life itself, w... ...of course, mere romance; its only val- ues are 1) the insight it give into ancient speculations about Homer; 2) a certain amount of definite informati... ...re cruel when Boreas blows over the earth. He blows across horse- breeding Thrace upon the wide sea and stirs it up, while earth and the forest howl. ... ...Fragment #61 — Eustathius, Hom. 112. 44 sq: It should be observed that the ancient narrative hands down the account that Patroclus was even a kinsman ... ... Priest of Apollo, and, according to Homer, discoverer of wine. Maronea in Thrace is said to have been called after him. (57) The crow was original... ...mmon to all’. (30) Probably not Etruscans, but the non-Hellenic peoples of Thrace and (according to Thucydides) of Lemnos and Athens. Cp. Herodotus i.... ...an Aias. Neoptolemus, warned by Thetis, journeys overland and, coming into Thrace, meets Odysseus at Maronea, and then finishes the rest of his journe...

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...k the truth, the result hides it not. Athens and Lacedaemon, that made the ancient laws and were so civi- lized, made toward living well a little sign... ...r formerly I was great there. I was called Corrado Malaspina; I am not the ancient, 14 but from him I am de- scended; to mine own I bore the love whi... ...obrandesco was my father: I know not if his name was ever with you. 2 The ancient blood and the gallant deeds of my ancestors made me so arrogant tha... ...t I cannot from the thought withdraw me.” “Hast thou seen,” said he, “that ancient sor- 4 This lady seems to be the type of the conscience, virtus in... ...te times France is ruled. I was the son of a butcher of Paris. 8 When the ancient kings had all died out, save one, who had assumed the grey garb, 9 ... ... Priam had entrusted Polydorus, his youngest son, to Polymnestor, King of Thrace, who, when the fortunes of T roy declined, slew Polydorus, that he m...

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...cise their spite in human woe? Against the Tiber’s mouth, but far away, An ancient town was seated on the sea; A T yrian colony; the people made Stout... ...’n were kind, The seat of awful empire she design’d. Y et she had heard an ancient rumor fly, (Long cited by the people of the sky,) That times to com... ... of woes if I should run, The day would sooner than the tale be done! From ancient Troy, by force expell’d, we came If you by chance have heard the T... ... saw. The goblet goes around: Iopas brought His golden lyre, and sung what ancient Atlas taught: The various labors of the wand’ring moon, And whence ... ...ought me, from their blest abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With ancient V esta from the sacred choir, The wreaths and relics of th’ immorta... ...ee, whom Ismarus, their native place, Had sent to war, but all the sons of Thrace. Halesus, next, the bold Aurunci leads: The son of Neptune to his ai...

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...agle counter to the course of the heavens which it had followed behind the ancient who took to wife Lavinia, 1 a hundred and a hundred years and more... ...ld to thee,—then with Titus it ran to do vengeance for the avenging of the ancient sin. 17 And when the Lombard tooth bit the Holy Church, under its ... ...riote 2 revolving in the third epicycle rayed out mad love; wherefore the ancient people in their ancient error not only unto her did honor with sacr... ... 26 Till my hair grew thin and gray. 27 Phyllis, daughter of the king of Thrace, who hung herself when deserted by Demophoon, the son of Theseus. 28... ...thou shorten for him his long fatigue with thy works. Florence, within the ancient circle wherefrom she still takes both tierce and nones, 7 was abid... ...uch a sweet inn, Mary, called on with loud cries, 20 gave me; and in your ancient Baptis- tery I became at once a Christian and Cacciaguida. Moronto ...

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...ut on my noble court dress, and thus becomingly re-clothed I pass into the ancient courts of the men of old, where, being lovingly received by them, I... ...ance. Now I say that those dominions which, when acquired, are added to an ancient state by him who acquires them, are either of the same country and ... ...es them as he chooses. But the King of France is placed in the midst of an ancient body of lords, acknowledged by their own subjects, and beloved by t... ...yed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privi- leges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits w... ...d speaking of the first method, it will be illustrated by two examples—one ancient, the other modern—and with- out entering further into the subject, ... ... two things made him hated and despised; the one, his having kept sheep in Thrace, which brought him into contempt (it being well known to all, and co...

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... Fluttered with vague surmise; nor present nor future is clear. Quarrel of ancient date or in days still near know I none Twixt the Labdacidan house a... ...ER Those ankle joints are evidence enow. OEDIPUS Ah, why remind me of that ancient sore? MESSENGER I loosed the pin that riveted thy feet. OEDIPUS Yes... ... aged sire s, Whom here I find a castaway, with you, In a strange land, an ancient beggar clad In antic tatters, marring all his frame, While o er the... ...e, Age after age, and each the cup must drain. So when Etesian blasts from Thrace downpour Sweep o er the blackening main and whirl to land Antigon...

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... out of the tyrants’ hands, And those usurping Ismaelites deprive Of woful Thrace, which now captived stands, Y ou must from realms and seas the Turks... ...went on with lucky speed, And reared rams their horned fronts advance, The Ancient Foe to man, and mortal seed, His wannish eyes upon them bent askanc... ...without delay, And with him took of knights a chosen band, Directly toward Thrace we took the way, To Byzance old, chief fortress of that land, There ... ...X “I think,” quoth he, “on this distressed town, The aged Queen of Judah’s ancient land, Now lost, now sacked, spoiled and trodden down, Whose fall in... ...and joyful cry The Pagans reared from their besieged hold; The cranes from Thrace with such a rumor fly, His hoary frost and snow when Hyems old Pours...

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... out of the tyrants’ hands, And those usurping Ismaelites deprive Of woful Thrace, which now captived stands, Y ou must from realms and seas the Turks... ...went on with lucky speed, And reared rams their horned fronts advance, The Ancient Foe to man, and mortal seed, His wannish eyes upon them bent askanc... ...without delay, And with him took of knights a chosen band, Directly toward Thrace we took the way, To Byzance old, chief fortress of that land, There ... ...X “I think,” quoth he, “on this distressed town, The aged Queen of Judah’s ancient land, Now lost, now sacked, spoiled and trodden down, Whose fall in... ...and joyful cry The Pagans reared from their besieged hold; The cranes from Thrace with such a rumor fly, His hoary frost and snow when Hyems old Pours...