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Page 186
... looked familiar . They looked like the walls of the labyrinth of Minos . Yet how could they be ? The red thread in my hand pulled tight , like a fishing line taken by a shark . I was aware of horns but not of who it was who wore them ...
... looked familiar . They looked like the walls of the labyrinth of Minos . Yet how could they be ? The red thread in my hand pulled tight , like a fishing line taken by a shark . I was aware of horns but not of who it was who wore them ...
Page 192
... looked again the tripod was empty and across it lay the branch of laurel . Standing by the hearth was a middle - aged woman , perhaps more than middle - aged , perhaps elderly . It was difficult to tell her age . She was as ordinary ...
... looked again the tripod was empty and across it lay the branch of laurel . Standing by the hearth was a middle - aged woman , perhaps more than middle - aged , perhaps elderly . It was difficult to tell her age . She was as ordinary ...
Page 194
... looked middle - aged and I assured her at once that she looked young . ' I was first mounted in the year the Bull calved . ' I cannot work out this sort of thing . I began again . ' I came to ask . . . ' I know why you have come ...
... looked middle - aged and I assured her at once that she looked young . ' I was first mounted in the year the Bull calved . ' I cannot work out this sort of thing . I began again . ' I came to ask . . . ' I know why you have come ...
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The Originality of the Aeneid | 27 |
Virgil and the Flavian Epic | 67 |
Virgil into Dante | 94 |
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