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Page 41
... story on historical reality , his reality is powerful enough in itself ; it ensnares us , weaving its web around us ... story of Abraham and Isaac is not better established than the story of Odysseus , Penelope , and Euryclea ; both are ...
... story on historical reality , his reality is powerful enough in itself ; it ensnares us , weaving its web around us ... story of Abraham and Isaac is not better established than the story of Odysseus , Penelope , and Euryclea ; both are ...
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... story . The story begins in the second book , about the fall of Troy ; it is not from Homer , but from many other sources , mainly Greek plays and , prob- ably , the lost Cyclic epic . In the third book the story goes on , about the ...
... story . The story begins in the second book , about the fall of Troy ; it is not from Homer , but from many other sources , mainly Greek plays and , prob- ably , the lost Cyclic epic . In the third book the story goes on , about the ...
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... story and according to his lights . This is as much as to say that the various stories with their diverse casts of ... story . And if we are to grasp a novel of Henry James or a play by Shake- speare , we must be prepared to follow these ...
... story and according to his lights . This is as much as to say that the various stories with their diverse casts of ... story . And if we are to grasp a novel of Henry James or a play by Shake- speare , we must be prepared to follow these ...
Contents
HOMER The Iliad or The Poem of Force | 3 |
HOMER Odysseus Scar | 30 |
AESCHYLUS Introduction to the Oresteia | 51 |
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