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... little as human nature . As in the Iliad one year only of the siege is dealt with , so in the Odyssey the main events are those comprised in the last six weeks of the entire tale of Troy . Between the two poems 10 THE CLASSICS FOR THE ...
... little as human nature . As in the Iliad one year only of the siege is dealt with , so in the Odyssey the main events are those comprised in the last six weeks of the entire tale of Troy . Between the two poems 10 THE CLASSICS FOR THE ...
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... little is known as to the music , except that both stringed and wind instruments were employed . The Greeks seem to have been ignorant of harmony , but their scales included quarter tones , and their time and rhythm were far more ...
... little is known as to the music , except that both stringed and wind instruments were employed . The Greeks seem to have been ignorant of harmony , but their scales included quarter tones , and their time and rhythm were far more ...
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... little expecting who is about to intervene . Her noble , and tender , and loving nature is finely told by the poet , and a Chorus of old men express the grief of all who knew her that she is removed from the cheery sunlight , the lucid ...
... little expecting who is about to intervene . Her noble , and tender , and loving nature is finely told by the poet , and a Chorus of old men express the grief of all who knew her that she is removed from the cheery sunlight , the lucid ...
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... little as they do for Jupiter ; in short , " I will not cheat my soul of its delight , Or hesitate in dining upon you . " ' Ulysses begins to feel that this is the worst dilemma he was ever in , and recounts some of his previous escapes ...
... little as they do for Jupiter ; in short , " I will not cheat my soul of its delight , Or hesitate in dining upon you . " ' Ulysses begins to feel that this is the worst dilemma he was ever in , and recounts some of his previous escapes ...
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... little town of Thessaly , her burial place . The heroine tells the audience her troubles . Hercules is a kind husband , and she has children ; but he is con- stantly away from her , and an oracle has foretold that the next year will be ...
... little town of Thessaly , her burial place . The heroine tells the audience her troubles . Hercules is a kind husband , and she has children ; but he is con- stantly away from her , and an oracle has foretold that the next year will be ...
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