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... appear suddenly and briefly , whether to help one of their favorites or to deceive or destroy some mortal whom they ... appears " ) , coming from some unspeci- fied place - we only hear his voice , and that utters nothing but a name , a ...
... appear suddenly and briefly , whether to help one of their favorites or to deceive or destroy some mortal whom they ... appears " ) , coming from some unspeci- fied place - we only hear his voice , and that utters nothing but a name , a ...
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... appears briefly and is relatively simple . Pride would have driven him without hesitation to undertake the recovery of Helen , and this decision sets in motion a chain of events which becomes increasingly inescapable . The sacrifice of ...
... appears briefly and is relatively simple . Pride would have driven him without hesitation to undertake the recovery of Helen , and this decision sets in motion a chain of events which becomes increasingly inescapable . The sacrifice of ...
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... appears in his first play , The Banqueters , which deals with the conflict between old and new ideals in education - the theme to which he returned in The Clouds , and which appears many times in other Attic comedians . Here he attacks ...
... appears in his first play , The Banqueters , which deals with the conflict between old and new ideals in education - the theme to which he returned in The Clouds , and which appears many times in other Attic comedians . Here he attacks ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
HOMER Odysseus Scar | 30 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
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