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B. Oto or Wa-to´-ta ( "Aphrodisian"), on Otoe reservation, Indian
The Siouan Indians 1882
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Together with the colossal Dionysos and satyr groups made of Aphrodisian marble that fill the lateral aediculae, the decorations clearly indicate that this nymphaeum was dedicated to Dionysos.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1 2003
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Also local pink limestone, local sandstone, rosso antico (Peleponessos, Greece), verde antico (Thessaly, Greece), cipollino (Euboia, Greece) and possibly white and grey Aphrodisian marble have been used to construct the floor.
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As for the second part of this our doctrine, — thou seemest in some measure to mistrust the readiness of my paternity in the practising of my placket-racket within the Aphrodisian tennis-court at all times fitting, as if the stiff god of gardens were not favourable to me.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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As for the second part of this our doctrine, — thou seemest in some measure to mistrust the readiness of my paternity in the practising of my placket-racket within the Aphrodisian tennis-court at all times fitting, as if the stiff god of gardens were not favourable to me.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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And round about the hall, the guardians of decorum, the enemies of Aphrodite, enchanted too, watched with the simplicity of doves the great Aphrodisian festival, blind to the eternal verities of a satin slipper, a drooping eyelash, a parted lip.
Leonora Arnold Bennett 1899
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Aphrodisian games, both as swordsman and cytharist.
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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Aphrodisian tennis-court at all times fitting, as if the stiff god of gardens were not favourable to me.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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a bacchanalian, or Aphrodisian, orgy, while the chorus sings the "Io paean."
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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