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... Hercules has a column and a half , while Dido is merely ' a lady that builded Carthage ' . Cicero has a generous allowance , but Julius Caesar is simply listed under his ' noble house ' as the first emperor of Rome . Such compilations ...
... Hercules has a column and a half , while Dido is merely ' a lady that builded Carthage ' . Cicero has a generous allowance , but Julius Caesar is simply listed under his ' noble house ' as the first emperor of Rome . Such compilations ...
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... Hercules , Still climbing trees in the Hesperides ? and Menenius Agrippa ( Cor . IV . vi . 99-100 ) alludes to Hercules shaking down mellow fruit . The Hesperides were , of course , the guardians of the fruit , and it was gathered not ...
... Hercules , Still climbing trees in the Hesperides ? and Menenius Agrippa ( Cor . IV . vi . 99-100 ) alludes to Hercules shaking down mellow fruit . The Hesperides were , of course , the guardians of the fruit , and it was gathered not ...
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... Hercules have turned spit , yea and have cleft his club to make the fire too . ' More unexpected is Morocco's comparison of himself and his rivals in the choice of the caskets ( M. of V. п . i . 32 ff . ) to the hero and his page : If ...
... Hercules have turned spit , yea and have cleft his club to make the fire too . ' More unexpected is Morocco's comparison of himself and his rivals in the choice of the caskets ( M. of V. п . i . 32 ff . ) to the hero and his page : If ...
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