| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pericles by William Shakespeare: It is in vain; he will not speak to you.
FIRST LORD.
Sir,
We have a maid in Mytilene, I durst wager,
Would win some words of him.
LYSIMACHUS.
'Tis well bethought.
She questionless with her sweet harmony
And other chosen attractions, would allure,
And make a battery through his deafen'd parts,
Which now are midway stopp'd:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: places?
[2] Reading {parastasi}, properly "pillasters" (Poll. i. 76. 10. 25) =
"antae," hence "templum in antis" (see Vitruv. iii. 2. 2); or more
widely the entrance of a temple or other building. (Possibly the
author is thinking of "the Propylea").Cf. Eur. "Phoen." 415; "I.
T." 1159. = {stathmoi}, Herod. i. 179; Hom. "Il." xiv. 167; "Od."
vii. 89, {stathmoi d' argureoi en khalkeo estasan oudio}.
The brazen thresholds both sides did enfold
Silver pilasters, hung with gates of gold (Chapman).
Al. {pastasi}, = colonnades.
Next, as to armaments: Will you present a greater terror to the foe if
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Myths and Myth-Makers by John Fiske: mysterious caverns, it is regarded rather as a benefactor than
as a destroyer. The feelings with which the myth-making age
contemplated the thunder-shower as it revived the earth
paralyzed by a long drought, are shown in the myth of
Oidipous. The Sphinx, whose name signifies "the one who
binds," is the demon who sits on the cloud-rock and imprisons
the rain, muttering, dark sayings which none but the
all-knowing sun may understand. The flash of solar light which
causes the monster to fling herself down from the cliff with a
fearful roar, restores the land to prosperity. But besides
this, the association of the thunder-storm with the approach
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