 | Xenophon (of Athens.) - 1885 - 98 pagina’s
...hundred men, taking these marched down by might, and placing his arms about three or four stades from fell inside the basin, and the sound was clear, it...a favourable sign. The game was played in various ways.—Liddelt and Scott's Lexicon. the guards, he kept quiet. 6. But when it became towards day,... | |
 | Frederick Tennyson, Sappho, Alcaeus - 1890 - 472 pagina’s
...was when each threw the wine left in his cup, so as to strike against a metal basin ; if all fell in the basin, and the sound was clear, it was a favourable sign. The game was played in various ways. PAGE 276. O sweet, softspoken Pyrrha, etc. One of the Achillean legends is that his mother Thetis,... | |
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fell inside the basin, and the sound was clear, it was a favourable sign. The game was played in various ways. 