10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «COTTABUS»
Scopri l'uso di
cottabus nella seguente selezione bibliografica. Libri associati con
cottabus e piccoli estratti per contestualizzare il loro uso nella letteratura.
1
The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: ...
For men practised throwing the cottabus with great care, it being originally a
Sicilian sport, as Anacreon the Teian says — Throwing, with his well-bent arm
The Sicilian cottabus. On which account those songs of the ancient poets, which
are ...
2
The Deipnosophists: or, Banquet of the learned, of Athenæus
or, Banquet of the learned, of Athenæus Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) For a most
laughable prize. How shall yon do! A, I then will show you how : whoever throws
The cottabus direct against the scale (irXoorfyJ), So as to make it fall B. What
scale ...
Athenaeus (of Naucratis.),
1854
3
The Deipnosophists; Or, Banquet of the Learned
... u/xowa, and says, " Where the Sinopean nuts are produced the natives call the
trees which produce them ajjiurra." 44. With respect to Vetches. — Crobylus says
— They took a green vetch, And toss'd it empty, as if playing cottabus.
Athenaeus (of Naucratis.),
1854
4
Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1: Sources on Ethics
Rather, at the start the libation was restricted to the gods, and the cottabus to the
persons loved.” The second half of is straightforward: originally libations
were poured in honor of the gods; in contrast, shooting the cottabus (flinging
drops ...
William Fortenbaugh,
2010
5
A Whole New World: 25 Fantasy Novels You Have to Read!
"I'll try," sniffed the Curious Cottabus, and leaning over it dragged a rocking chair
outof thebushes andseated itself comfortably. "Well, then," began Pompa, "this
isthe ElegantElephant and Iam a Prince. We came from Pumperdink because our
...
George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum,
2013
6
The Wizard of Oz Megapack: 17 Books by L. Frank Baum and ...
17 Books by L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson L. Frank Baum, Ruth
Plumly Thompson. the travelers. “Will you answer a few questions if I tell you?”
asked the Cottabus, raising itself withgreat difficulty and looking over the palings.
L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson,
2012
7
The Older Sophists: A Complete Translation by Several Hands ...
ATHENAEUS (Epitome) i 2S8 Critias thus [i.e., lists peculiarities from each city]: "
the cottabus ... of the furnace." Attic pottery is really praised also, xv 6668 First of
all, the game of cottabus is a Sicilian invention, since the Sicilians were first to ...
Hermann Diels, Rosamond Kent Sprague,
2001
8
Archæologia Græca: or, the antiquities of Greece
And ft* irroch addicted they were to this Pastime, that they had not only Vessels
made for it with the utmost Art and Care, but round Houses-' built in such a
Manner, that the Cottabus being placed exactly in the Middle, the Gamesters
might ...
9
Archaeologia Graeca Or the Antiquities of Greece
vessels made for it with the utmost art and care, but circular houses, be- in such a
manner, that the cottabus being placed exactly in the mic»^ the gamesters might
stand at equal distances on all sides. There was another sort of cottabus, ...
10
A Treatise on the Arts, Manufactures, Manners, and ...
The Romans simplified this cottabus, by making it consist of dropping a little of
the liquor from the cup, held on the back of the hand, upon the floor, and
prognosticating the success of his love affairs from the sound of the liquor upon
the floor. t ...
Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, Dionysius Lardner,
1833