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The first question that may be asked about a historian is as to his good faith . May we believe what he tells us ? The answers to this question in the case of Herodotus and Thucydides have been widely divergent .
The first question that may be asked about a historian is as to his good faith . May we believe what he tells us ? The answers to this question in the case of Herodotus and Thucydides have been widely divergent .
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Leaving out of reckoning the wisdom of the expedition , there are two questions in connection with it , which are not always sharply discriminated . ... The second question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative .
Leaving out of reckoning the wisdom of the expedition , there are two questions in connection with it , which are not always sharply discriminated . ... The second question most historians would be inclined to answer in the negative .
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The rôle of Neoptolemus raises the much - debated question how far the drama , and particularly the Greek drama with its unity of time , can portray change or development of character as the modern novel can .
The rôle of Neoptolemus raises the much - debated question how far the drama , and particularly the Greek drama with its unity of time , can portray change or development of character as the modern novel can .
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Contents
Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND THE MODERN WORLD | 125 |
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| Title | Martin Classical Lectures, Volume 1; Volume 1930 Martin classical lectures |
| Editor | Louis Eleazer Lord |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press, 1931 |
| Length | 181 pages |
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