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He was the discoverer and declarer of the perennial beneath the deciduous. His were the epea pteroenta, the true "winged words" that could fly down the unexplored future and carry the names of ancestral heroes, of the brave and wise and good. It was thus that the poet could reward virtue, and, by and by, as society grew more complex, could burn in the brand of shame.
The ladies must excuse my repeating the passage to you, as I know you have Greek enough to understand it: Os rh' epea phresin esin akosma te, polla te ede Maps, atar ou kata kosmon epizemenai basileusin, All'o, ti oi eisaito geloiton Argeiosin Emmenai And immediately adds, aiskistos de aner ypo Ilion elthe "Horace, again, describes such a rascal: Solutos Qui captat risus hominum famamque dicacis,
How delightful it was to find a channel of communication re-opened, those only can judge who, like us, have been deprived of the uses of speech. Our words became, indeed, epea pteroenta. In a trice he explained to us the whole matter, which was as we had supposed.
The ladies must excuse my repeating the passage to you, as I know you have Greek enough to understand it: Os rh' epea phresin esin akosma te, polla te ede Maps, atar ou kata kosmon epizemenai basileusin, All'o, ti oi eisaito geloiton Argeiosin Emmenai And immediately adds, aiskistos de aner ypo Ilion elthe "Horace, again, describes such a rascal: Solutos Qui captat risus hominum famamque dicacis,
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