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The temple of Gnidus; followed by Cephisa and Cupid, and Arsaces and Ismenia

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755 · London : Vizetelly · leaf 69

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e that Themira was employed with her companions in the worship of the goddess, I entered a solitary wood, where I found the tender Aristaeus. We had seen each other for the first time on the day when we went to consult the oracle : it was enough to engage us in conversation ; for Venus inspires the…

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