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In one of his dithyrambs (xix.) he treated the legend of Idas (a Messenian hero) and Marpessa in the form of a _hymenaeus_ sung by maidens of Sparta.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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VESPER adest, iuuenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo exspectata diu uix tandem lumina tollit. surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas, iam ueniet uirgo, iam dicetur hymenaeus.
Hymen, O Hymenaee 1912
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Instead of the jubilant hymenaeus, the voice of his own child greeted him on the threshold.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of the jubilant hymenaeus, the voice of his own child greeted him on the threshold.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of the jubilant hymenaeus, the voice of his own child greeted him on the threshold.
Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of the jubilant hymenaeus, the voice of his own child greeted him on the threshold.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of the jubilant hymenaeus, the voice of his own child greeted him on the threshold.
Cleopatra — Volume 09 Georg Ebers 1867
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