A king is sought to guide the growing state
- DMI number:
- 12035
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A king is sought to guide the growing state
- Last Line:
- And all the muses over his acts preside
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, Narrative verse, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology, Philosophical enquiry[Pythagorean Philosophy], and The monarchy (heads of state)
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. VII (2000): 484-505.
- Translated from:
- Ovid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The sheep was sacrificed on no pretence
- Last Line:
- And imitates in vain the children's cries
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [N41874 ] [vol.2] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.241-262
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T108889]
- Page No(s):
- pp.509-531
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T128848, Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.345-369
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T138611]
- Page No(s):
- pp.509-531
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T169738] [vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.319-341
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T175634] [vol.2] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.319-341
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99153] [Vol.2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.301-323
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T99262, Vol 2]
- Page No(s):
- pp.319-341
- Poem Title:
- Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XV.
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