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The fourth criticism upon Thucydides is that he puts his political and diplomatic elements into the form of speeches , a practice which for two centuries has been abandoned by historians and which is now relegated to the historical ...
The fourth criticism upon Thucydides is that he puts his political and diplomatic elements into the form of speeches , a practice which for two centuries has been abandoned by historians and which is now relegated to the historical ...
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Of the Iliad a little more than two fifths is given to speeches . Of the two heroes , Achilles and Odysseus , Achilles is not only a mighty warrior but a masterly orator ; while Odysseus is a man of noble deeds , he is preëminently the ...
Of the Iliad a little more than two fifths is given to speeches . Of the two heroes , Achilles and Odysseus , Achilles is not only a mighty warrior but a masterly orator ; while Odysseus is a man of noble deeds , he is preëminently the ...
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importance of speech is most emphatically seen . ... It was in speech that to a great extent the political life manifested itself . ... Jacoby says that a man who wished to write political history was obliged to insert speeches .
importance of speech is most emphatically seen . ... It was in speech that to a great extent the political life manifested itself . ... Jacoby says that a man who wished to write political history was obliged to insert speeches .
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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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