Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 167 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 167: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This is a page of running prose from what appears to be a classical reference work or literary compilation, not a penny dreadful as initially suggested. The page contains two numbered entries (149) describing classical female figures: Sulpicia, a Roman lady chosen to dedicate a temple to Venus Verticordia to promote chastity among her countrywomen, and Sinope, a nymph who secured perpetual chastity from Jupiter by cleverly requesting it as her promised reward. The second entry includes a Latin quotation from Valerius Flaccus. The page number references (112, 113) suggest this is an excerpt from a larger compiled work of classical mythology and history.
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149 Pape 112, ——thou, whose purest hands= _ Sulpicia, a Roman lady of vemarkable chastity ; chosen by the Sybils to dedicate a temple to Venus Verticordia, in order to obtain greater pu- rity for her contemporary country-women, 7 Page 113. ——Sinope’s wiles ! The nymph Sinope, being persecuted. by the addresses of Jupiter, at léngth stipulated for his promise to grant her whatever she might ask, and having obtained this promise, claimed the gift of perpetual chastity. ‘ ——Sinope : Nympha prius, blandosque Jovis que luserat ignes Ceelicolis inmota procis.— Val. Flac. ib. ¥. ver. 110. he 4 Connicloooks.comnn