pulvis: 'Two handfuls of white dust shut in an urn of brass' (Tenn.) ; Ἀίδα τὰν ὀλίγαν σποδιάν(Erinna).--umbra: in lower world, Verg. Aen. 6.264; Soph. Electra, 1159, σποδόν τε δαὶ σκιὰν ἀνωφελῆ; Anth. Pal. 5.85, ὀστέα καὶ σποδιή Herond. fr. 1.
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Horace. Odes and Epodes. Edited with commentary by. Paul Shorey. revised by. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. New York. Benj. H. Sanborn and Co. 1910.
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