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  • For extra we had a youth called Anthemion, who was Anaxis 'boy friend.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • As in particular to Anytus, the son of Anthemion, one who was very fond of him, and invited him to an entertainment which he had prepared for some strangers.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • It is not certainly known who the man was that did there first either bribe the citizens, or corrupt the courts; whereas, in Athens, Anytus, the son of Anthemion, is said to have been the first that gave money to the judges, when on his trial, toward the latter end of the

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • The sixteen-year-old boy — never wed, never even bedded by a woman — had told me about how his father, Anthemion, had named him after the Simois River, which runs right next to their modest home a mile from the walls of the city.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Anthemion had grown bored, and fallen back to bore Krantor.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • I ran out, waving on my way to Anaxis, who was kissing Anthemion for luck, and to Krantor strapping on the corselet of Odysseus.

    The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

  • "I do," said Anthemion, "but pray defend Love at some length, as you are on his side, and moreover come to the rescue of wealth, [73] with which Pisias seeks to scare us."

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • Anthemion replied that it was not well in Pisias, being a good fellow in other respects, to imitate depraved lovers by shutting out his friend from house and marriage and wealth, merely that he might enjoy the sight of him as long as possible naked and in all his virgin bloom at the wrestling-schools.

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • Pisias objected to the marriage, and upbraided Anthemion with throwing the youth away on

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

  • And Anthemion said, "'Twas a bold deed and certainly does savour somewhat of Lemnos -- I own it now we are alone -- this Ismenodora must be most violently in love."

    Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

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