Periander
Americannoun
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The story is placed in the days of Periander and Thales, and relates the remarkable birth of a centaur in the herd of Periander.
From Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens and Their Cultural Significance by Morris Jastrow
As they passed through the great hall, the officers of state, and the officers of the household, shouted, 'There are but seven wise men, and Periander is the wisest.'
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
The traveller who expects to find any sufficient traces of the city of Periander and of Timoleon, and, I may say, of St. Paul, will be grievously disappointed.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
The ass put out his ugly head and brayed in the very face of Periander.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
Periander knit his brows, and looked daggers at his courtiers.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
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