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... better off ? We must all agree that the digressions are extraordinarily well managed . Jacoby says that Herodotus's whole art consists in the way he brings in his excursuses . There never has been a better story - teller than he . We ...
... better off ? We must all agree that the digressions are extraordinarily well managed . Jacoby says that Herodotus's whole art consists in the way he brings in his excursuses . There never has been a better story - teller than he . We ...
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... better ? " — " That's for the better carrying on of the plot . " That may serve as an apology for Oedipus's ignorance of well - known facts about the Thebes in which he had been king for years and about the former husband of the woman ...
... better ? " — " That's for the better carrying on of the plot . " That may serve as an apology for Oedipus's ignorance of well - known facts about the Thebes in which he had been king for years and about the former husband of the woman ...
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... in History , " c . vi of New Studies of a Great Inheritance , London , 1920 . 2 Aeneid , iv , 625 ff . 3 Nothing could better show the amazing power of traditional views Hear me , ye gods , and one day from 170 MARTIN CLASSICAL LECTURES.
... in History , " c . vi of New Studies of a Great Inheritance , London , 1920 . 2 Aeneid , iv , 625 ff . 3 Nothing could better show the amazing power of traditional views Hear me , ye gods , and one day from 170 MARTIN CLASSICAL LECTURES.
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