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Harpalʹice (4 syl.)

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A Thracian virago, who liberated her father Harpalʹicos when he was taken prisoner by the Getæ.

“With such array Harpalicē bestrode

Her Thracian courser.”


Dryden.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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