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provide_v lib._n 1._o 3._o the_o sparrow_n in_o homer_n etc._n etc._n this_o passage_n according_a as_o philostratus_n here_o cite_v it_o be_v in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o iliad_n thus_o describe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o render_v by_o the_o translator_n illic_fw-la apparuit_fw-la magnum_fw-la signum_fw-la draco_fw-it dorso_fw-la sanguine_fw-la we_o horribilis_fw-la quem_fw-la ipse_fw-la olympius_n misit_fw-la in_o lucem_fw-la quum_fw-la ex_fw-la altari_fw-la prosiliisset_fw-la ad_fw-la platanum_fw-la porrexit_fw-la ibi_fw-la erant_fw-la passeris_n pulli_fw-la parvi_fw-la silij_fw-la ramo_n in_fw-la extremo_fw-la sub_fw-la foliis_fw-la volitantes_fw-la octo_fw-la sed_fw-la mater_fw-la nona_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la peperit_fw-la filios_fw-la ibi_fw-la ille_fw-la hos_fw-la miserabiliter_fw-la comedit_fw-la stridentes_fw-la mater_fw-la autem_fw-la circumvolabat_fw-la lugens_fw-la dilectos_fw-la filios_fw-la hanc_fw-la circum_fw-la actus_fw-la ala_fw-la preâ—endit_fw-la circum-clamantem_a sed_fw-la post_fw-la quam_fw-la filios_fw-la devoravit_fw-la passeris_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la hunc_fw-la quidem_fw-la clarum_fw-la fecit_fw-la deus_fw-la qui_fw-la ostendit_fw-la lâ—pidem_fw-la enim_fw-la ipsum_fw-la fecit_fw-la saturni_n filius_fw-la versuti_fw-la nos_fw-la autem_fw-la stantes_fw-la admirabamur_fw-la quod_fw-la factum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la igitur_fw-la terribilia_fw-la portenta_fw-la deorum_fw-la subiêre_fw-la hecatombas_fw-la calchas_n autem_fw-la statim_fw-la postea_fw-la vaticinans_fw-la dixit_fw-la cur_n multi_fw-la facti_fw-la estis_fw-la comati_fw-la achivi_fw-la nobis_fw-la quidem_fw-la hoc_fw-la ostendit_fw-la signum_fw-la magnum_fw-la prudens_fw-la jupiter_n serum_n quòd_fw-la tarde_fw-la persicitur_fw-la cujus_fw-la gloria_fw-la nunquam_fw-la peribit_fw-la ut_fw-la hic_fw-la filios_fw-la devoravit_fw-la passeris_fw-la &_o ipsam_fw-la octo_fw-la sed_fw-la mater_fw-la nona_fw-la erat_fw-la quae_fw-la peperit_fw-la filios_fw-la sic_fw-la nos_fw-la tot_fw-la annos_fw-la bellabimus_fw-la hîc_fw-la decimo_fw-la autem_fw-la civitatem_fw-la capiemus_fw-la lativiam_fw-la ille_fw-la sic_fw-la interprebatur_fw-la haec_fw-la jam_fw-la nunc_fw-la omne_fw-la perficiuntur_fw-la hom._n il._n 2_o 4_o calchas_n interpret_v this_o calchas_n a_o grecian_a the_o son_n of_o thestor_n and_o therefore_o call_v by_o 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