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... tion of the surrounding country ? The second question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative . But Athens had reasonable expectations of conquering Syracuse , and would have done so but for an entirely unforeseeable ...
... tion of the surrounding country ? The second question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative . But Athens had reasonable expectations of conquering Syracuse , and would have done so but for an entirely unforeseeable ...
Page 64
... tion that Apollo's oracle warranted the deed . His chief art is employed to reconcile us to Electra's rôle of some Lady Macbeth , or Prosper Mérimée's Co- lomba urging her younger and more sophisticated brother to the Corsican vendetta ...
... tion that Apollo's oracle warranted the deed . His chief art is employed to reconcile us to Electra's rôle of some Lady Macbeth , or Prosper Mérimée's Co- lomba urging her younger and more sophisticated brother to the Corsican vendetta ...
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... tion of Paris and his party by Idaeus when he is carrying to the Greeks the proposal for a truce for the same purpose ; and the response 4 of Aeneas in granting the truce has been influenced by that of Agamemnon . 5 A somewhat amusing ...
... tion of Paris and his party by Idaeus when he is carrying to the Greeks the proposal for a truce for the same purpose ; and the response 4 of Aeneas in granting the truce has been influenced by that of Agamemnon . 5 A somewhat amusing ...
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