Musaeus

Mason's Miltonic imitations, "Musaeus," "Il Bellicoso" and "Il Pacifico" were written in 1744 -- according to the statement of their author, whose statements, however, are not always to be relied upon.

A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886

Musaeus, too, thy holy citizen, of all men most advanced in lore, him did Phoebus with us sisters train.

Rhesus 2008

Musaeus, too, thy holy citizen, of all men most advanced in lore, him did Phoebus with us sisters train.

Rhesus 2008

But of all others, [1707] women are most weak, ob pulchritudinem invidae sunt foeminae (Musaeus) aut amat, aut odit, nihil est tertium

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

That which I aim at, is to show you the progress of this burning lust; to epitomise therefore all this which I have hitherto said, with a familiar example out of that elegant Musaeus, observe but with me those amorous proceedings of Leander and Hero: they began first to look one on another with a lascivious look,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Come to me my dear Lycias, (saith Musaeus in [5419] Aristaenetus) come quickly sweetheart, all other men are satyrs, mere clowns, blockheads to thee, nobody to thee.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Musaeus and Orpheus, and carry away the minds of whole cities, and promise to “get souls out of purgatory;” and if we refuse to listen to them, no one knows what will happen to us.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

Still grander are the gifts of heaven which Musaeus and his son vouchsafe to the just; they take them down into the world below, where they have the saints lying on couches at a feast, everlastingly drunk, crowned with garlands; their idea seems to be that an immortality of drunkenness is the highest meed of virtue.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

What would not a man give if he might converse with Orpheus and Musaeus and Hesiod and

The Apology 2006

The heroes of Musaeus and Eumolpus lie on couches at a festival, with garlands on their heads, enjoying as the meed of virtue a paradise of immortal drunkenness.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006