Momus : or Momos, ancient god of fault-finding; in Hesiod as the son of Nyx, Night.
... shefali arrow has withered in their hearts; and this he does with eyes open and of deliberate purpose. So far poets have sinned; but it is a vulgar error to suppose Love garrulous, a bastard child of Momus and Aphrodite; whereas in truth he is the lawful son of Hephaistos; but he has swallowed his father down, and for that reason those lovely lips, the scarlet portals of Passion's treasury, do not yield... Julian "the soul of Agathon did not perish in Macedonia." "Yet I dare say, Vernon" replied Erinna "you do not believe a word of what Agathon has been saying." "Yet your belief is the bastard of Momus rather than the heir of Peitho" rejoined Helen Woodward. "I confess, Powell" replied Julian "that the manner pleased me better than the matter." "Your reason, Julian?" "Your picture was too ...
... necessary to take notice of it. Archer was not Archer merely, but a type, a phenomenon, the type of the West's supercilious castigation of India, the ugly phenomenon of incomprehension playing a critical Momus, the rusted and leaky bucket making faces at the waters of the Ganga. And hence Sri Aurobindo felt impelled to string his bow and release such a lightning series of arrows to hit unerringly the offending ...
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