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... snakes . After Sinon has relieved the horse of its burden , the snakes also seem to have fulfilled their chief role , though subsequent pages will show that the imagery which accompanies them is used frequently by the poet long after ...
... snakes . After Sinon has relieved the horse of its burden , the snakes also seem to have fulfilled their chief role , though subsequent pages will show that the imagery which accompanies them is used frequently by the poet long after ...
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... snakes , are said to glide down the rope lowered from the beasts belly ( demissum lapsi per funem ) . And Sinon's own characteristics , too , color the words . One of the snakes wriggles its huge back ( sinuatque immensa volumine terga ) ...
... snakes , are said to glide down the rope lowered from the beasts belly ( demissum lapsi per funem ) . And Sinon's own characteristics , too , color the words . One of the snakes wriggles its huge back ( sinuatque immensa volumine terga ) ...
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... snakes glide up to the citadel ) . The serpents from Tenedos had surrounded Laocoon and his sons while the priest ... snakes do in each case but the manner and degree in which their goal is accomplished.10 The snakes of Laocoön feed on ...
... snakes glide up to the citadel ) . The serpents from Tenedos had surrounded Laocoon and his sons while the priest ... snakes do in each case but the manner and degree in which their goal is accomplished.10 The snakes of Laocoön feed on ...
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