You [Eratosthenes] are wrong to declare that poetry is a fable-prating old wife, who has been permitted to 'invent' (as you call it) whatever she deems suitable for purposes of entertainment.


The Geography of Strabo (1917), Vol. 1

Horace Leonard Jones Quotes

You [Eratosthenes] are wrong to declare that poetry is a fable-prating old wife, who has been permitted to 'invent' (as you call it) whatever she...

You [Eratosthenes] are wrong to declare that poetry is a fable-prating old wife, who has been permitted to 'invent' (as you call it) whatever she...

You [Eratosthenes] are wrong to declare that poetry is a fable-prating old wife, who has been permitted to 'invent' (as you call it) whatever she...

You [Eratosthenes] are wrong to declare that poetry is a fable-prating old wife, who has been permitted to 'invent' (as you call it) whatever she...