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... tell a story ; just that . The story may be of events , historic or semi- historic , like the Iliad or the Song of Roland ; or of straight- forward adventure and fairy story mingled , like the Odyssey . But the aim is identical , to tell ...
... tell a story ; just that . The story may be of events , historic or semi- historic , like the Iliad or the Song of Roland ; or of straight- forward adventure and fairy story mingled , like the Odyssey . But the aim is identical , to tell ...
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... tell a story ; this story deals with scenes familiar to both reciter and audience , and with the minute details of those scenes ; and it deals with men and women just as men and women , ' doing and suffering ' ; everything in its ...
... tell a story ; this story deals with scenes familiar to both reciter and audience , and with the minute details of those scenes ; and it deals with men and women just as men and women , ' doing and suffering ' ; everything in its ...
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... tell you the occasion and the speaker of νῦν δ ̓ ἔμπης γὰρ κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν θανάτοιο , 2 and know who stood δακρυόεν γελάσασα , or , when they hear the great line καὶ σέ , γέρον , τὸ πρὶν μὲν ἀκούομεν ὄλβιον εἶναι , 4 can tell you who ...
... tell you the occasion and the speaker of νῦν δ ̓ ἔμπης γὰρ κῆρες ἐφεστᾶσιν θανάτοιο , 2 and know who stood δακρυόεν γελάσασα , or , when they hear the great line καὶ σέ , γέρον , τὸ πρὶν μὲν ἀκούομεν ὄλβιον εἶναι , 4 can tell you who ...
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