Aischulou Agamemnōn. The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, a new ed. of the text, with notes by T.W. Peile1844 |
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... as to embrace me she inclined , I waked ; she fled ; and day brought back my night . s Klausen translates πᾶσ ' ̓Αφροδίτα , omne amoris gaudium , and quotes Eur . Iph . Α . 1264. μέμηνε δ ' ̓Αφροδίτη τις ( desire ) Ελλήνων στρατῷ πλεῖν ...
... as to embrace me she inclined , I waked ; she fled ; and day brought back my night . s Klausen translates πᾶσ ' ̓Αφροδίτα , omne amoris gaudium , and quotes Eur . Iph . Α . 1264. μέμηνε δ ' ̓Αφροδίτη τις ( desire ) Ελλήνων στρατῷ πλεῖν ...
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