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... Greek wives 286 • 287 • The Courtesans Elevated by the worship of Aphrodite And by the æsthetic enthusiasm And by the unnatural forms Greek vice assumed General estimate of Greek public opinion concerning women Roman Public Opinion much ...
... Greek wives 286 • 287 • The Courtesans Elevated by the worship of Aphrodite And by the æsthetic enthusiasm And by the unnatural forms Greek vice assumed General estimate of Greek public opinion concerning women Roman Public Opinion much ...
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... Greeks with no spark or semblance of nobility . The history of the Empire is a monotonous story of the intrigues of priests , eunuchs , and women , of poisonings , of conspiracies , of uniform ingratitude , of perpetual fratricides ...
... Greeks with no spark or semblance of nobility . The history of the Empire is a monotonous story of the intrigues of priests , eunuchs , and women , of poisonings , of conspiracies , of uniform ingratitude , of perpetual fratricides ...
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... , they were superior to Roman , and in their respect for chas- tity , to Greek civilisation . On the other hand , they rank A immeasurably below the best Pagan civilisations in civic and 14 HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALS .
... , they were superior to Roman , and in their respect for chas- tity , to Greek civilisation . On the other hand , they rank A immeasurably below the best Pagan civilisations in civic and 14 HISTORY OF EUROPEAN MORALS .
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... Greek and Catholic Churches present , it should become a controlling arbiter of civilisation . It is often said that the Roman world before Constantine was in a period of rapid decay ; that the traditions and vitality of half ...
... Greek and Catholic Churches present , it should become a controlling arbiter of civilisation . It is often said that the Roman world before Constantine was in a period of rapid decay ; that the traditions and vitality of half ...
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... Greeks , in their dealings with the barbarians ; the Romans , in their dealings with gladiators , and in some periods of their history , with slaves ; the Spaniards , in their dealings with Indians ; nearly all colonists removed from ...
... Greeks , in their dealings with the barbarians ; the Romans , in their dealings with gladiators , and in some periods of their history , with slaves ; the Spaniards , in their dealings with Indians ; nearly all colonists removed from ...
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