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... matter of compara- tive indifference . Probably it would be to the benefit of historical study to revert to the true Persian form , and to write Gustashp for Hystaspes . But these exceptions do not affect the general rule of giving the ...
... matter of compara- tive indifference . Probably it would be to the benefit of historical study to revert to the true Persian form , and to write Gustashp for Hystaspes . But these exceptions do not affect the general rule of giving the ...
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... matter of controversy . Nor in the description of Greece can we start with an historical order , as though there were some definite region which could be styled the mother country of the rest . In the prehistoric age the name Hellas is ...
... matter of controversy . Nor in the description of Greece can we start with an historical order , as though there were some definite region which could be styled the mother country of the rest . In the prehistoric age the name Hellas is ...
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... matter less of conjecture than of certainty , although the fact of the intermixture furnishes no ground of hope for those who think to find history in mythology . Unless they are known to us from contemporary writers , the real events ...
... matter less of conjecture than of certainty , although the fact of the intermixture furnishes no ground of hope for those who think to find history in mythology . Unless they are known to us from contemporary writers , the real events ...
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... matter not of right , but of favour , which might at any moment be withdrawn . Decay of the kingly power in Hellas , We are justified , therefore , in regarding Hellenic kingship as a comparatively late developement which carried with ...
... matter not of right , but of favour , which might at any moment be withdrawn . Decay of the kingly power in Hellas , We are justified , therefore , in regarding Hellenic kingship as a comparatively late developement which carried with ...
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... matter of greater moment . Thus far the Ionians had been the predominant race in Hellas . The prosperity of Sybaris and Kroton belonged to the golden age of the great Panionic festival at Delos . Among the repre- sentatives of the ...
... matter of greater moment . Thus far the Ionians had been the predominant race in Hellas . The prosperity of Sybaris and Kroton belonged to the golden age of the great Panionic festival at Delos . Among the repre- sentatives of the ...
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