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Ismeʹnias

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A Theban musician of whom Athʹeas, King of the Scythʹians, declared, “I liked the music of Ismenias better than the braying of an ass.” (Plutarch.)

 

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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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Islands of the Blessed
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Isle of Lanterns (The)
Isle of Mist (The)
Islington (The Marquis of)
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Ismeno (in Jerusalem Delivered)
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Isocratēs
Isolde
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