Interpretations of the Attributes of the Principal Fabulous Deities: With an Essay (Classic Reprint)

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Apollo leads their choir, because minstrelsy should accompany meditative attributes, to inspire imagination. The mountains are their place of assembly. Aristophanes asserts, that man should retire to solitary haunts to reflect upon grave and important subjects. The birth of the Mus es was by night, to denote the utility of nocturnal thoughts. The night itself was often called euphrone, from on phra nein, to ponder well, according to the Opinion of Epichar mus, who says; Who would seek after wisdom, let him be mindful of nightly musings; because the stillness and obscurity of the evening relieve the tone and brightness of clear and profound argument.

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