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... turn aside ; for even truth finds none to believe it . What I have said is known to many of us Per- sians ; but we follow , in the bonds of necessity . And it is the hatefulest of all human sorrows to have much knowl- edge and no power ...
... turn aside ; for even truth finds none to believe it . What I have said is known to many of us Per- sians ; but we follow , in the bonds of necessity . And it is the hatefulest of all human sorrows to have much knowl- edge and no power ...
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tence , or as when white lilies seem to turn red because they are mixed with many roses . ' I Another type of modification equally characteristic is where Vergil rationalizes some Homeric story . The plague at the outset of the Iliad is ...
tence , or as when white lilies seem to turn red because they are mixed with many roses . ' I Another type of modification equally characteristic is where Vergil rationalizes some Homeric story . The plague at the outset of the Iliad is ...
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... turn to some larger differences of treatment , some of which are obvious . The first is the prevailing brutality of the Homeric soldier in act and 3 Aeneid , vii , 538 . ยท Iliad , xi , 558 . 2 Ibid . , V , 613 . 2 in speech . There is ...
... turn to some larger differences of treatment , some of which are obvious . The first is the prevailing brutality of the Homeric soldier in act and 3 Aeneid , vii , 538 . ยท Iliad , xi , 558 . 2 Ibid . , V , 613 . 2 in speech . There is ...
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Paul Shorey | 57 |
THE POETIC STRUCTURE OF THE ODYSSEY | 97 |
ANCIENT EMPIRES AND The Modern WORLD | 125 |
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