Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered Into English ProseMacmillan and Company, 1909 - 210 páginas |
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Página xvi
... singing at the banquet of a merchant or a general- ' With his head full of wine , and his hair crown'd , Touching his harp as the whim came on him , And praised and spoil'd by master and by guests , Almost as much as the new dancing ...
... singing at the banquet of a merchant or a general- ' With his head full of wine , and his hair crown'd , Touching his harp as the whim came on him , And praised and spoil'd by master and by guests , Almost as much as the new dancing ...
Página xvii
... sing to the Moon their prayer for pity and help . Theocritus him- self could have added little passion to this in- cantation , still chanted in the moonlit nights of Greece : 1 ' Bright golden Moon , that now art near to thy setting ...
... sing to the Moon their prayer for pity and help . Theocritus him- self could have added little passion to this in- cantation , still chanted in the moonlit nights of Greece : 1 ' Bright golden Moon , that now art near to thy setting ...
Página xviii
... - trees or of pines , where the dry fir- needles are strown , or where the feathered ferns make a luxurious couch more soft than sleep , ' It or where the flowers bloom whose musical names sing xviii THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE.
... - trees or of pines , where the dry fir- needles are strown , or where the feathered ferns make a luxurious couch more soft than sleep , ' It or where the flowers bloom whose musical names sing xviii THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE.
Página xix
... sing of Crathon , or Sybaris , or Himeras , waters so sweet that they seem to flow with milk and honey . Again , Theocritus may encounter his rustics fluting in rivalry , like Daphnis and Menalcas in the eighth idyl , ' on the long ...
... sing of Crathon , or Sybaris , or Himeras , waters so sweet that they seem to flow with milk and honey . Again , Theocritus may encounter his rustics fluting in rivalry , like Daphnis and Menalcas in the eighth idyl , ' on the long ...
Página xxv
... singing he shepherded his flocks . ' This was the training that Sicily , her hills , her seas , her lovers , her poet - shepherds , gave to Theocritus . Sicily showed him subjects which he imitated THEOCRITUS and his age XXV.
... singing he shepherded his flocks . ' This was the training that Sicily , her hills , her seas , her lovers , her poet - shepherds , gave to Theocritus . Sicily showed him subjects which he imitated THEOCRITUS and his age XXV.
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Términos y frases comunes
Adonis Aeschines Alcmena Alexandria Amphitryon Amycus Aphrodite art thou Augeas Battus beasts beautiful begin the dirge begin the pastoral behold beneath Bion bull child Comatas Corydon Cypris Damoetas Daphnis dawn deep Dionysus Dorian dost thou doth dwell Europa eyes F. T. PALGRAVE fair flock flowers Galatea gift goat goatherd gods golden Gorgo Greek hand hath heart heifer Heracles herds herdsman hither honour IDYL Iphicles kine kiss labour Lacon Lady Moon lament lips lover Lycidas magic wheel maiden Menalcas methinks mighty milk Milon minstrels mortals Moschus mother neatherd never Nicias night nymphs pastoral song perchance pipe poem poet Polydeuces Praxinoë Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus Selected and arranged she-goats shepherds Sicily sing sleep spake sweet sweetly tell Theocritus thine things thou art thou dost thou hast thou wilt Thyonichus trees twain wild wretched ye Muses dear ye Sicilian Muses Zeus
Pasajes populares
Página 106 - Beneath their heads was a scanty matting, their clothes, their sailor's caps. Here was all their toil, here all their wealth. The threshold had never a door, nor a watch-dog ; 3 all things, all, to them seemed superfluity, for Poverty was their sentinel. They had no neighbour by them, but ever against their narrow cabin gently floated up the sea.
Página xix - That muffle its wet banks; but glade, And stream, and sward, and chestnut-trees, End here; Etna beyond, in the broad glare Of the hot noon, without a shade, Slope behind slope, up to the peak, lies bare; The peak, round which the white clouds play.
Página xix - The track winds down to the clear stream, To cross the sparkling shallows; there The cattle love to gather, on their way To the high...