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... gods , again on the theme of unity in the soul : O beloved Pan and all ye other gods of this place , grant me that I may be made beautiful in my soul within , and that all my external possessions be in harmony with my inner man . ( 279B ) ...
... gods , again on the theme of unity in the soul : O beloved Pan and all ye other gods of this place , grant me that I may be made beautiful in my soul within , and that all my external possessions be in harmony with my inner man . ( 279B ) ...
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... gods with a mere shadow of Eurydice , which disappeared , and he was fated to die at the hands of women ( 179D ) . Such a reading of the myth is unusual , for the Dialogues or any- where else . In the Alcestis , when Admetus laments ...
... gods with a mere shadow of Eurydice , which disappeared , and he was fated to die at the hands of women ( 179D ) . Such a reading of the myth is unusual , for the Dialogues or any- where else . In the Alcestis , when Admetus laments ...
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... gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony . ( LLL , IV . iii . 341-2 ) The god of ritual mystery and poetic drama , through whose power of raptio a theocrasy of Venus and Diana may finally be reached , is not Cupid but Bacchus . The ...
... gods Make heaven drowsy with the harmony . ( LLL , IV . iii . 341-2 ) The god of ritual mystery and poetic drama , through whose power of raptio a theocrasy of Venus and Diana may finally be reached , is not Cupid but Bacchus . The ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION Pastoralism and Aesthetic Platonic Tradition I | 1 |
THE PASTORALISM OF TASSOS AMINTA | 21 |
The Shepherds Life | 44 |
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