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Page 45
... importance of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars . For us the Persian Wars freed Greece from barbarism . For him the battle of Marathon was little more than a date . It has been suggested that the chief importance of the Peloponnesian ...
... importance of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars . For us the Persian Wars freed Greece from barbarism . For him the battle of Marathon was little more than a date . It has been suggested that the chief importance of the Peloponnesian ...
Page 48
... importance in Athens of the spoken over the written word . With the possible ex- ception of the English Bible , no literary works have exercised so profound an influence on a people as the poems of Homer . Boys learned them at school ...
... importance in Athens of the spoken over the written word . With the possible ex- ception of the English Bible , no literary works have exercised so profound an influence on a people as the poems of Homer . Boys learned them at school ...
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... importance if we ask what would remain if they were stricken out . There would be left the narrative portions with the com- ments and some notable effective descriptions , as of the Plague and the demoralization after the revolu- tion ...
... importance if we ask what would remain if they were stricken out . There would be left the narrative portions with the com- ments and some notable effective descriptions , as of the Plague and the demoralization after the revolu- tion ...
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