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... Thucydides , their indebtedness would appear greater than either seems inclined to admit . If Thucydides had been questioned as to his debt to Herodotus , he might have said that he owed him much , for he had learned from him how not to ...
... Thucydides , their indebtedness would appear greater than either seems inclined to admit . If Thucydides had been questioned as to his debt to Herodotus , he might have said that he owed him much , for he had learned from him how not to ...
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... Thucydides . But that he possesses with a tedious annalist . Thucydides sought not only for truth but for relevant truth . We may sometimes wish that his standard of relevancy had not been so high , but there is little that is ...
... Thucydides . But that he possesses with a tedious annalist . Thucydides sought not only for truth but for relevant truth . We may sometimes wish that his standard of relevancy had not been so high , but there is little that is ...
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... Thucydides did more to put him out of conceit with himself than all the unfavor- able comments bestowed upon him by the newspapers and reviews . " Macaulay's verdict ( Croiset selects Macaulay as the best panegyrist of Thucydides ) was ...
... Thucydides did more to put him out of conceit with himself than all the unfavor- able comments bestowed upon him by the newspapers and reviews . " Macaulay's verdict ( Croiset selects Macaulay as the best panegyrist of Thucydides ) was ...
Contents
Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND The Modern WORLD | 125 |
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