Anaxarete
Americannoun
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In the road the dwelling stood “Through which the sad procession took its way, “And sound of lamentation struck the ears “Of Anaxareté, whom now the power “Of vengeance follow'd.
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Iphis of humble origin beheld “The noble Anaxareté—the blood “Of ancient Teucer: he beheld, and felt “Love burn through all his frame; he struggled long “By reason to o'ercome the flame, in vain.
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The cliff of Leucas knew no distinction of sex, and Sappho can be set against Anaxarete.
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She is beloved by Vertumnus, who first assumes the form of an old woman; and having told the story of Anaxarete, who was changed into a stone for her cruelty, he reassumes the shape of a youth, and prevails upon the Goddess.
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Yet lower down, harsh Anaxarete Suffers worse pain where thicker fumes arise; Heaven changed her flesh to stone, and here to be Tormented, her afflicted spirit sties: In that unmoved she, hung in air, could see A lover vest by her barbarities.
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