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... mere metaphor . We know that in the Greek schools of rhetoric attempts were frequently made to overturn the verdict , not only of history , but of fable ; and we may recall with a smile the fact that it was not merely sophistical acumen ...
... mere metaphor . We know that in the Greek schools of rhetoric attempts were frequently made to overturn the verdict , not only of history , but of fable ; and we may recall with a smile the fact that it was not merely sophistical acumen ...
Page xxix
... merely nominal : it shows itself in his whole feeling and conduct to the gods , his father , and his son . Heyne , who had a soul to admire and reverence both Homer and Virgil , remarks on the dignity and beauty of Aeneas's address to ...
... merely nominal : it shows itself in his whole feeling and conduct to the gods , his father , and his son . Heyne , who had a soul to admire and reverence both Homer and Virgil , remarks on the dignity and beauty of Aeneas's address to ...
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... merely a name , in- vented to account for the existence of the royal and priestly family , around which the subsequent stories of his wanderings grew up step by step . But I think that we must in any case start from the names of the ...
... merely a name , in- vented to account for the existence of the royal and priestly family , around which the subsequent stories of his wanderings grew up step by step . But I think that we must in any case start from the names of the ...
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... merely mentions him among others in 2 . 403 , where Cassandra is dragged from sanctuary . Ast ego , quae divom incedo regina , Iovisque Et. • 40. ] Ipsos , ' Argivos , ' the crews , as distinguished from the ships . Forb . comp . II . 14 ...
... merely mentions him among others in 2 . 403 , where Cassandra is dragged from sanctuary . Ast ego , quae divom incedo regina , Iovisque Et. • 40. ] Ipsos , ' Argivos , ' the crews , as distinguished from the ships . Forb . comp . II . 14 ...
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... merely dwelling ; but it has no further appropriateness than as carrying out the image of arce ; ' and so ' sceptra tenens , ' the Homeric σкηπтоûỵоs . [ Ac- cording to Varro quoted by Serv . Aeolus was king of the Aeolian islands . - H ...
... merely dwelling ; but it has no further appropriateness than as carrying out the image of arce ; ' and so ' sceptra tenens , ' the Homeric σкηπтоûỵоs . [ Ac- cording to Varro quoted by Serv . Aeolus was king of the Aeolian islands . - H ...
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