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I refer to Bayle, in his curious article, "Hipponax," note F.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) Isaac Disraeli 1807
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What I mean is this: no priest is to read Archilochus or Hipponax or anyone else who writes poetry as they do.
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Hipponax, a satirical poet, so vilified and lashed two painters in his iambics, ut ambo laqueo se suffocarent, [2379] Pliny saith, both hanged themselves.
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A Samian trader, one Hipponax, coming from Carthage, had informed them that a plot was being organised to promote their escape, and the Barbarians were urged to take every precaution; the Republic was powerful.
Salammbo 2003
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Hipponax, (Greek), and a rabble of others, so long, that Panurge said unto him:
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Hipponax, (Greek), and a rabble of others, so long, that Panurge said unto him:
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Not at all; a jolly Verse of Hipponax flashed across my mind.
The Frogs 2000
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The sculptor Bupalus was driven to kill himself by the recited poetry of Hipponax.
Defence of Poesie 1992
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Hipponax replied that Kleobis was suddenly very civil, and he hoped our house would not need to be purified, after a Poet of the Agora had passed the threshold.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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In the evening, I passed the house of the hetaira who had shut her door to Hipponax.
The Praise Singer Renault, Mary 1978
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