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... Muses , were in Aonia ; the Castalian spring at its foot was sacred to them . Cf. PL I , 15 . 31. Hesiod ( Theog . , 52-79 ) represents the Muses ( of whom Clio , the Muse of History , stands first ) as being born to Zeus by Mnemosyne ...
... Muses , were in Aonia ; the Castalian spring at its foot was sacred to them . Cf. PL I , 15 . 31. Hesiod ( Theog . , 52-79 ) represents the Muses ( of whom Clio , the Muse of History , stands first ) as being born to Zeus by Mnemosyne ...
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... Muse simply by that divine name , adding a comparison of her to the nine Muses of classical tradition which implies his belief that the myths of the pagan gods were shadows of the truth in Scripture . We see that belief become explicit ...
... Muse simply by that divine name , adding a comparison of her to the nine Muses of classical tradition which implies his belief that the myths of the pagan gods were shadows of the truth in Scripture . We see that belief become explicit ...
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... Muses , he may be a prophetic poet and sing the secrets of na- ture . 30. To the haunts of the Muses near the Castalian spring on Mt. Parnassus Milton prefers Mt. Sion and its brooks Kidron and Siloa . For him - as for Bartolomaeus in ...
... Muses , he may be a prophetic poet and sing the secrets of na- ture . 30. To the haunts of the Muses near the Castalian spring on Mt. Parnassus Milton prefers Mt. Sion and its brooks Kidron and Siloa . For him - as for Bartolomaeus in ...
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THE MINOR POEMS | 3 |
The Fifth Ode of Horace | 10 |
Elegia Tertia Elegy III | 21 |
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