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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Aeschylus, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: On the inspirational effect of Tirtaus's poetry on the soldiers of Sparta; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding song in praise of a house and its occupants, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding distich apparently by Plato, praising Aristophanes; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Lycurgus, here in relation to Euripides; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Callimachus, emphasising his family, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding prediction of the fame of Euripides, made by the oracle of Apollo, here part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Theocritus on his origins and asserting the originality of his poetry; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding epigram by Propertius seemingly censuring Callimachus for an over-inflated style; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding lines on fishing, the beginning of Oppian's 'Halieutica', dedicated to the Emperor Antoninus; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding comment by Ovid about Anacreon, revealing the latter's reputation as a lover and drinker; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.

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Title: [unknown]

Author: Wormington, Hugh

Date(s): 1716 (title-page)

Manuscript: Lt 80

Contents: Translation of preceding lines, the beginning of Oppian's 'Cynegetica', praising the Emperor Antoninus and suggesting that the natural world is for his benefit; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716.

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