Stories from Ovid [selected from the Metamorphoses] with notes by R.W. Taylor |
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... king applied to the oracle of the Libyan Ammon , and it was told him that the land should be delivered if he gave up his daughter as a prey to the monster . Perseus finds her thus exposed . 132 125 CLAUSERAT Hippotades aeterno carcere ...
... king applied to the oracle of the Libyan Ammon , and it was told him that the land should be delivered if he gave up his daughter as a prey to the monster . Perseus finds her thus exposed . 132 125 CLAUSERAT Hippotades aeterno carcere ...
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... king of Phrygia , for his kindness to Silenus , obtains his request that all that he touches may turn to gold . But he soon rues his choice , and the gift is resumed by the god . Afterwards , being witness of a contest in music between ...
... king of Phrygia , for his kindness to Silenus , obtains his request that all that he touches may turn to gold . But he soon rues his choice , and the gift is resumed by the god . Afterwards , being witness of a contest in music between ...
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... king of Phrygia . Pittheus , king of Troezen , was son of Pelops . The speaker Lelex came from Troezen . 4. Regnata , passive participle of intransitive . verb . So HOR . Od . II . 6 , 11 , regnata Phalanto rura . OVID , Fasti , IV ...
... king of Phrygia . Pittheus , king of Troezen , was son of Pelops . The speaker Lelex came from Troezen . 4. Regnata , passive participle of intransitive . verb . So HOR . Od . II . 6 , 11 , regnata Phalanto rura . OVID , Fasti , IV ...
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... king offered all that he had to redeem her , but the people refused , and he was obliged to yield . The maiden went out towards the dwelling of the dragon , and as she went met the Cappadocian_knight , who heard her story , and then ...
... king offered all that he had to redeem her , but the people refused , and he was obliged to yield . The maiden went out towards the dwelling of the dragon , and as she went met the Cappadocian_knight , who heard her story , and then ...
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... king of Ethiopia , husband of Cassiopeia , and father of Andromeda . Maternae linguae . Cassiopeia had boasted that her beauty exceeded that of the Nereids . Others say that it was of Andromeda's beauty that she boasted ( so Kingsley ) ...
... king of Ethiopia , husband of Cassiopeia , and father of Andromeda . Maternae linguae . Cassiopeia had boasted that her beauty exceeded that of the Nereids . Others say that it was of Andromeda's beauty that she boasted ( so Kingsley ) ...
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Achelous Acis amor Amphion Apollo Arcadia Argolis ARGUMENT Atalanta auras Bacchus back beauty Book Books bracchia Cadmus called CAMBRIDGE carried Cassiopeia Cephalus changed children city College coniuge coniunx Cyane Cyclops Daphne daughter death Delos deus Diana dixit dragon Edited Eurydice Eurystheus famous father fear first fleece form Galatea generally gives goddess gods golden great Greek head help Hence Hercules Hippomenes illa ille Iuno Iuppiter Jason Join Jupiter king last Latin Latona legend long love made maiden make Midas middle mihi monster mother name Naxos Niobe note Notes Orpheus Ovid Pallas Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passed pectore people Perque Perseus Phrixus place quum river rock School seems shape silva simul sine small stone Stories STORR story subject tamen teeth Thebes three tibi time told turned undas used Utque viii virgo vulnere water wife word
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Seite 117 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
Seite 93 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Seite 53 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Seite 34 - Not that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower by gloomy Dis Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world...
Seite 72 - The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovelling swine...
Seite 115 - Thy stone, O Sisyphus, stands still, Ixion rests upon his wheel, And the pale spectres dance : The Furies sink upon their iron beds, And snakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads.
Seite 15 - ... inventum medicina meum est, opiferque per orbem dicor, et herbarum subiecta potentia nobis: ei mihi, quod nullis amor est sanabilis herbis, nee prosunt domino, quae prosunt omnibus, artes!
Seite 111 - Under the trees now tripped, now solemn stood, Nymphs of Diana's train, and Naiades, With fruits and flowers from Amalthea's horn, And ladies of the Hesperides, that seemed Fairer than feigned of old, or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Seite 113 - Of dragon-watch, with unenchanted eye, To save her blossoms and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold Incontinence.