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Page 18
... remained the literary language . Long after the Roman armies had occupied the whole of the Grecian Peninsula , the cultured Roman read Greek books , bought from Alexandrian copyists . The only parallel to the recognition of Greek as the ...
... remained the literary language . Long after the Roman armies had occupied the whole of the Grecian Peninsula , the cultured Roman read Greek books , bought from Alexandrian copyists . The only parallel to the recognition of Greek as the ...
Page 18
... remained true of the whole of Europe until the end of the eighteenth century . Horace and Virgil depended on the bounty of Maecenas , an enlightened millionaire who regarded the poet as the most useful of all the servants of the State ...
... remained true of the whole of Europe until the end of the eighteenth century . Horace and Virgil depended on the bounty of Maecenas , an enlightened millionaire who regarded the poet as the most useful of all the servants of the State ...
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... His wife , Penelope , remained at home in Ithaca , persecuted by many suitors . Photo : Rischgitz Collection . dragon , panther , bear. PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS , " BY J. W. WATERHOUSE HOMER , " THE GREAT BLIND FATHER OF SONG ,
... His wife , Penelope , remained at home in Ithaca , persecuted by many suitors . Photo : Rischgitz Collection . dragon , panther , bear. PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS , " BY J. W. WATERHOUSE HOMER , " THE GREAT BLIND FATHER OF SONG ,
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... remained a Jew for whom faith issuing in right- eousness was all - important . But , as Dr. Inge says , though he " was ready to fight to the death against the Judaising of Chris- tianity , he was willing to take the first step , and a ...
... remained a Jew for whom faith issuing in right- eousness was all - important . But , as Dr. Inge says , though he " was ready to fight to the death against the Judaising of Chris- tianity , he was willing to take the first step , and a ...
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... remained for ever to mark the scene . Perseus mar- ried Andromeda , and the constellations that bear their names now repeat the story - as do those of Cepheus and Cassiopea . Many minor deities or heroes or persecuted nymphs were thus ...
... remained for ever to mark the scene . Perseus mar- ried Andromeda , and the constellations that bear their names now repeat the story - as do those of Cepheus and Cassiopea . Many minor deities or heroes or persecuted nymphs were thus ...
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