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... plays of Euripedes , Sophocles , Eschylus , and Aris- tophanes , Euclid's Geometry , and many books on mathematics and science which have been entirely lost . It is a remarkable fact that , though the ancients , and particularly the ...
... plays of Euripedes , Sophocles , Eschylus , and Aris- tophanes , Euclid's Geometry , and many books on mathematics and science which have been entirely lost . It is a remarkable fact that , though the ancients , and particularly the ...
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... plays were translated into Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this connection it is interesting to note that many of the more conspicuous Latin authors , who flourished ...
... plays were translated into Latin , Homer was translated into Latin , and the original Latin work was in- evitably imitative . In this connection it is interesting to note that many of the more conspicuous Latin authors , who flourished ...
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... , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round the myth by W. S. Gilbert . 1 untutored men and anywhere might survive into civilised literature.
... , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round the myth by W. S. Gilbert . 1 untutored men and anywhere might survive into civilised literature.
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... played him false . He knows his doom is on him , but draws his sword and attacks his foe , hoping to do something memorable before he dies . Achilles mortally wounds him with a spear - thrust in the neck ; fallen and dying he implores ...
... played him false . He knows his doom is on him , but draws his sword and attacks his foe , hoping to do something memorable before he dies . Achilles mortally wounds him with a spear - thrust in the neck ; fallen and dying he implores ...
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... played his part in arranging that Treaty of Paris which concluded the Seven Years ' War . It was Lord Grenville , who at the time ( 1762 ) expressed in Homer's words the satisfaction he felt at helping to give his country peace . Could ...
... played his part in arranging that Treaty of Paris which concluded the Seven Years ' War . It was Lord Grenville , who at the time ( 1762 ) expressed in Homer's words the satisfaction he felt at helping to give his country peace . Could ...
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