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[Recent excavations of the Cretan ' labyrinth,' which was a great palace, have thrown new light on this curious myth. — L. E. U.] 48. The daughters of Proetus, King of Argos, were driven mad and thought they were cows. 71 The Eclogues of Virgil at non tam turpis pecuHum tamen uUa secuta concubitus, quamvis collo timuisset aratrum, 50 et saepe in levi quaesisset comua fronte. a, virgo infelix, tu nunc in montibus erras : ille latus niveum moUi fultus hyacintho ilice sub nigra pallentis ruminat h...erbas aut aliquam in magno sequitur grege. 'claudite, Nymphae, 55 Dictaeae Nymphae, nemorum iam claudite saltus, si qua forte ferant oculis sese obvia nostris errabunda bovis vestigia; forsitan ilium aut herba captum viridi aut armenta secutum perducant aliquae stabula ad Gortynia vaccae.' 60 turn canit Hesperidum miratam mala puellam; turn Phaethontiadas musco circumdat amarae corticis atque solo proceras erigit alnos. 50. Cows as well as oxen were used for ploughing. Cf. Judg. xiv. 18 : ' If ye had not ploughed with rny heifer.' 53- ' Sheets of hyacinth That seem'd the heavens upbreaking thro' the earth.' (Tennyson, Gvinevere.) 54.
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