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- proper n. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae.
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Examples
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Arpaliki was buried under Leonidas 'loot and Myrtis was extinguished by the music of Pindar's lyre, which she had composed.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
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Like Myrtis, she is said to have instructed him, and is credited with having gained a victory over him in the public games at Thebes.
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Myrtis, a native of Anthedon, is reported to have been the instructress of Pindar, and is said to have contended with him for the palm of superiority.
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They will let Myrtis play with them and perhaps Myrtis 'girl-chum from Westover.
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Junior and Myrtis will want a clay one because you can dance on a clay one in the evening.
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Eucampidas; the Argives by Myrtis, Teledamus, and Mnaseas; the Eleans by
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Boeotia, and that there was still much love for music and poetry there is proved by the fact that two women, Myrtis and Corinna, had obtained great celebrity in these arts during the youth of this poet.
Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities
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The Greeks always accounted Sappho among their great poets; and we may well suppose that Myrtis, said to have been the teacher of Pindar, and Corinna, who five times bore away from him the prize of poetry, must at least have had sufficient merit to admit of being compared with that great name.
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Not Free SF Reader : Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Myrtis - Christine DeWees skip to main
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