Gems Principally From the Antique
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PINDAR ! shall her glory die !
40 GEM S.
Shall, like thine, no godlike strain Teach her to be great again? Hear us, from thy starry throne Hear! BY THOSE IN MARATHON !
NOTES.
NOTES.
PERICLES AND ASPASIA.
THE nature of the connexion between the celebrated Athe- nian and Aspasia, has given rise to much learned doubt. Pericles had been divorced from his wife, who had subse- quently married ; and his extraordinary deference and attention to Aspasia, the respect paid to her by his prin- cipal friend...s, and her own accomplishments and intelli- gence, have been thought to argue her marriage. On the other hand, the comic poets, the habitual satirists of the time, deny all the beau ideal of the connexion. The relaxed morality of paganism allowed of offences which our purer code puts out of the pale. Aspasia was a native of Miletus, the proverbial city of genius and beauty.
Pericles seems to have had faculties of the highest order for government. The man who " wielded at will the fierce democracy" for forty years, and equally mastered his capri- 44 NOTE S.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
PINDAR ! shall her glory die !
40 GEM S.
Shall, like thine, no godlike strain Teach her to be great again? Hear us, from thy starry throne Hear! BY THOSE IN MARATHON !
NOTES.
NOTES.
PERICLES AND ASPASIA.
THE nature of the connexion between the celebrated Athe- nian and Aspasia, has given rise to much learned doubt. Pericles had been divorced from his wife, who had subse- quently married ; and his extraordinary deference and attention to Aspasia, the respect paid to her by his prin- cipal friend...s, and her own accomplishments and intelli- gence, have been thought to argue her marriage. On the other hand, the comic poets, the habitual satirists of the time, deny all the beau ideal of the connexion. The relaxed morality of paganism allowed of offences which our purer code puts out of the pale. Aspasia was a native of Miletus, the proverbial city of genius and beauty.
Pericles seems to have had faculties of the highest order for government. The man who " wielded at will the fierce democracy" for forty years, and equally mastered his capri- 44 NOTE S.
What to read after Gems Principally From the Antique?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Richard Dagley to read onlineMoreLess
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