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... vision ' cover insomnia . They do nothing for our problem adjective falsa . So Nicholas Reed , having provided a powerful critique of other views , proceeds to erect his own , starting from the contrast in the text between true shades ...
... vision ' cover insomnia . They do nothing for our problem adjective falsa . So Nicholas Reed , having provided a powerful critique of other views , proceeds to erect his own , starting from the contrast in the text between true shades ...
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... vision in the Aeneid is also to a large extent Platonic . So the golden bough , borne by Plato in Meleager's Garland , is , first , the mark of the Eleusinian initiate on his mystic journey to the land of the dead , and , second , a ...
... vision in the Aeneid is also to a large extent Platonic . So the golden bough , borne by Plato in Meleager's Garland , is , first , the mark of the Eleusinian initiate on his mystic journey to the land of the dead , and , second , a ...
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... vision of the history of Rome . He cannot without ruining the credi- bility of his narrative say that this vision is not true , but he devises an utterance acceptable in epic which conveys allusively to an educated audience that he ...
... vision of the history of Rome . He cannot without ruining the credi- bility of his narrative say that this vision is not true , but he devises an utterance acceptable in epic which conveys allusively to an educated audience that he ...
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