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Princess Nausica and Maids Play Catch
| Salience | Peripheral |
|---|---|
| Tags | FemalesFemales |
| Location | PhoneciaPhonecia |
| City/State/Country: | Greece |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | Hand-ballHand-ball |
| Immediacy of Report | |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
| Holiday | |
| Notables | |
| Text | From Pope's translation of Homer's Odyssey: O'er the green mead the sporting virgins play, Their shining veils unbound, along the skies, Tost and retost, the ball incessant flies. |
| Sources | Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: From the Earliest Period, Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous Spectacles (London: Methuen & Co., 1801), p. 91. |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| External Number | |
| Submitted by | Deb Shattuck |
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790c.1 Princess Nausica and Maids Play Catch"
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