. The honey-makers. Bees. In Greece and Italy 287 the sweetness of that persuasive eloquence for which he was so ; Xenophon, who was as eloquent as a writer as he was excellent as a leader and a swordsman, was called the Attic Bee. Sophocles was also called the Attic Bee ; and Pindar, as he lay sleeping, was visited by bees who refreshed the darling of the Muses with delicious honey. " The divine Homer," too, is said to have received his first nourishment from a priestess whose breasts distilled honey. In short, there are very few of the sweet singers or eloquent pleaders
. The honey-makers. Bees. In Greece and Italy 287 the sweetness of that persuasive eloquence for which he was so ; Xenophon, who was as eloquent as a writer as he was excellent as a leader and a swordsman, was called the Attic Bee. Sophocles was also called the Attic Bee ; and Pindar, as he lay sleeping, was visited by bees who refreshed the darling of the Muses with delicious honey. " The divine Homer," too, is said to have received his first nourishment from a priestess whose breasts distilled honey. In short, there are very few of the sweet singers or eloquent pleaders of ancient days whose future renown was not fabled to have been foretold in this way by the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Morley, Margaret Warner, 1858-1923. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
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