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... tell anecdotes and to romanticize the past ; he exhibits credulity , particularly in matters pertaining to the divine ; he is ineffective in military matters ; he fails to penetrate motives , to find the real causes . Against these ...
... tell anecdotes and to romanticize the past ; he exhibits credulity , particularly in matters pertaining to the divine ; he is ineffective in military matters ; he fails to penetrate motives , to find the real causes . Against these ...
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... telling of familiar tales by saying , “ We know the fate of all the others . " Proteus was saved from any obligation to tell the story of the Iliad by saying to Menelaus , " You were present at the battle . " There are three different ...
... telling of familiar tales by saying , “ We know the fate of all the others . " Proteus was saved from any obligation to tell the story of the Iliad by saying to Menelaus , " You were present at the battle . " There are three different ...
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came of the stone the poet has no room to tell us . This was interpreted by Calchas to mean that the siege of Troy would last eight years and that in the ninth the city would fall . Schoolboys , no doubt , find more pleasure in the ...
came of the stone the poet has no room to tell us . This was interpreted by Calchas to mean that the siege of Troy would last eight years and that in the ninth the city would fall . Schoolboys , no doubt , find more pleasure in the ...
Contents
Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND The Modern WORLD | 125 |
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