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194 -- _Gerenian Nestor._ The epithet _Gerenian_ either refers to the name of a place in which Nestor was educated, or merely signifies honoured, revered.

See Schol.Venet.in II.

B.336; Strabo, viii.

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340.
195 -- _AEgae, Helice._ Both these towns were conspicuous for their worship of Neptune.
196 -- _As full blown,_ &c.
"Il suo Lesbia quasi bel fior succiso, E in atto si gentil languir tremanti Gl' occhi, e cader siu 'l tergo il collo mira." Gier.Lib.ix.

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197 -- _Ungrateful,_ because the cause in which they were engaged was unjust.
"Struck by the lab'ring priests' uplifted hands The victims fall: to heav'n they make their pray'r, The curling vapours load the ambient air.
But vain their toil: the pow'rs who rule the skies Averse beheld the ungrateful sacrifice." Merrick's Tryphiodorus, vi.


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