Martin Classical Lectures, Volume 1; Volume 1930 |
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... ment of Herodotus that rests on autopsy that has not been substantiated . On the whole I think that the consensus of opinion would be that in Herodotus , in spite of his fondness for a good story and tendency to romanticize , there is ...
... ment of Herodotus that rests on autopsy that has not been substantiated . On the whole I think that the consensus of opinion would be that in Herodotus , in spite of his fondness for a good story and tendency to romanticize , there is ...
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... ment , of a discredited democracy , of Sparta at the head of Greece . Herodotus wrote of events slowly fading from the memory of men ; Thucydides was contemporaneous with the events he records . The aim of the one was instruction and ...
... ment , of a discredited democracy , of Sparta at the head of Greece . Herodotus wrote of events slowly fading from the memory of men ; Thucydides was contemporaneous with the events he records . The aim of the one was instruction and ...
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ment of the conservative's case , the necessity of maintaining authority , in his speeches and in some of the utterances of the chorus , is very strong ; and though Creon finally becomes as hateful and intoler- ant as the conservative ...
ment of the conservative's case , the necessity of maintaining authority , in his speeches and in some of the utterances of the chorus , is very strong ; and though Creon finally becomes as hateful and intoler- ant as the conservative ...
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