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Orphic Hymn 71 is addressed to Melinoe, and describes her as follows (in the translation by Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow): I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth, whom revered Persephone bore by the mouth of the Kokytos river upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus.
Roman mosaic of Orpheus, the mythical poet to whom the Orphic Hymns were attributed, from Palermo, 2nd century AD [32]. The collection's attribution to the mythical poet Orpheus is found in its title, "Orpheus to Musaeus", [33] which sits above the proem in the surviving manuscripts of the collection; [34] this proem, an address to the legendary poet Musaeus of Athens (a kind of address found ...
Melinno (Ancient Greek: Μελιννῶ) was a Greek lyric poet.She is known from a single surviving poem, [1] known as the "Ode to Rome". The poem survives in a quotation by the fifth century AD author Stobaeus, who included it in a compilation of poems on manliness. [2]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. 1889 novel by Jerome K. Jerome For other uses, see Three Men in a Boat (disambiguation). Three Men in a Boat 1889 edition cover Author Jerome Klapka Jerome Language English Genre Comedy novel Publisher J. W. Arrowsmith Publication date 1889 Publication place United Kingdom ISBN 0-7653 ...
Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid My verse alone had all thy gentle grace; But now my gracious numbers are decayed, And my sick Muse doth give another place. I grant, sweet love, thy lovely argument Deserves the travail of a worthier pen; Yet what of thee thy poet doth invent He robs thee of, and pays it thee again;
The Book of Three (1964) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the first of five volumes in The Chronicles of Prydain. The series follows the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper, a youth raised by Dallben the enchanter, as he nears manhood while helping to resist the forces of Arawn Death-Lord .
In the great hall of the king's palace, it is the day that Hans is to present his bride Ondine at court. The Lord Chamberlain, who needs to arrange an entertainment for the day's ceremonies, is in conference with the director of the royal theater, the trainer of the seals, and the Illusionist (in actuality the King of the Ondines).
Georgics Book III, shepherd with flocks, Roman Virgil.. The Georgics (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr dʒ ɪ k s / JOR-jiks; Latin: Georgica [ɡeˈoːrɡɪka]) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. [1]