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Excerpt from The Apophthegms of the Ancients, Vol. 1 of 2: Being an Historical Collection of the Most Celebrated, Elegant, Pithy and Prudential Sayings of All the Illustrious Personages of Antiquity
How far this tafie prevailed among the ancients, what regard and veneration they paid to the ''wife fayings of their princes, philofophers, and other great men, ap pears abundantly from their writings. Ju venal fays, that 712191a-sawév is a precept which dropt down from heaven.'' This faying of Chilo, together with two more of that great philofopher''s precepts, were, with much ceremony, confecrated to A pollo, and fet up in his temple at Del phos. The Greeks engraved the more.
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How far this tafie prevailed among the ancients, what regard and veneration they paid to the ''wife fayings of their princes, philofophers, and other great men, ap pears abundantly from their writings. Ju venal fays, that 712191a-sawév is a precept which dropt down from heaven.'' This faying of Chilo, together with two more of that great philofopher''s precepts, were, with much ceremony, confecrated to A pollo, and fet up in his temple at Del phos. The Greeks engraved the more.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Desiderius Erasmus
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ISBN - 9780428344498
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 337
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Desiderius Erasmus
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ISBN - 9781333021207
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Page Count - 339
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