Discourses on the Heroic Poem |
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... gods in the semblance of man ; and Isocrates said that the poetry of Homer and the first tragedies were worth marvelling at because , having considered the nature of the human mind , they used both forms in an unusual way , he handling ...
... gods in the semblance of man ; and Isocrates said that the poetry of Homer and the first tragedies were worth marvelling at because , having considered the nature of the human mind , they used both forms in an unusual way , he handling ...
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... gods worshipped by the pagans . If we do not , we lose the marvellous ; and if we do resort to the gods invoked by the ancients , in that part we lose the verisimilar and credible , or get it by virtue not of the fable or imitation ...
... gods worshipped by the pagans . If we do not , we lose the marvellous ; and if we do resort to the gods invoked by the ancients , in that part we lose the verisimilar and credible , or get it by virtue not of the fable or imitation ...
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... gods not merely by poets but in histories . Even if learned men gave them little credit , in this respect as in many others the poet is content with the view of the masses , which , often departing from the exact truth of things , he ...
... gods not merely by poets but in histories . Even if learned men gave them little credit , in this respect as in many others the poet is content with the view of the masses , which , often departing from the exact truth of things , he ...
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