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Pagina 38
... illustrated by a scene in a comedy of Alexis , the humour of which turns on the gluttony of Hercules , a hero habitually burlesqued for that failing in the Greek satirical literature . The youth- ful demigod , when directed by his ...
... illustrated by a scene in a comedy of Alexis , the humour of which turns on the gluttony of Hercules , a hero habitually burlesqued for that failing in the Greek satirical literature . The youth- ful demigod , when directed by his ...
Pagina 63
... illustrated in a previous vo- lume.1 that re- striction . 4. In the few remarks offered in another2 place on Causes of this strange peculiarity of Greek literary history , a hope was intimated that some explanation of it might be ...
... illustrated in a previous vo- lume.1 that re- striction . 4. In the few remarks offered in another2 place on Causes of this strange peculiarity of Greek literary history , a hope was intimated that some explanation of it might be ...
Pagina 68
... illustrated by some description of the country which it inhabited . Even in the old epic minstrelsy , the catalogue of the Iliad for example , geographical description preserves , in the midst of fable , features of substantial reality ...
... illustrated by some description of the country which it inhabited . Even in the old epic minstrelsy , the catalogue of the Iliad for example , geographical description preserves , in the midst of fable , features of substantial reality ...
Pagina 71
... illustrated by the character of both the works of Hecatæus , of his Itinerary above mentioned , and of that entitled Histories or Genealo- gies . The former contained notices , generally , it would appear , correct , of the localities ...
... illustrated by the character of both the works of Hecatæus , of his Itinerary above mentioned , and of that entitled Histories or Genealo- gies . The former contained notices , generally , it would appear , correct , of the localities ...
Pagina 103
... illustrated their doctrines may , therefore , safely be assumed to have been borrowed from the realities of their own political career ; and the claims of Antiphon as an " inventor " may be restricted to his capacity of Attic man of ...
... illustrated their doctrines may , therefore , safely be assumed to have been borrowed from the realities of their own political career ; and the claims of Antiphon as an " inventor " may be restricted to his capacity of Attic man of ...
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