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Thursday, November 3, 2016

The Death of Empedocles

The Death of Empedocles, Salvator Rosa, 1665-1670

Empedocles on Etna, a dramatic poem, Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888, p. Ballantyne Press. 1896.
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