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... Roman names of the gods and goddesses have been substituted for those used by Homer , as being better known to the generality of English readers . HESIOD . DIED B.C. 730 . ESIOD'S own lines record 22 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
... Roman names of the gods and goddesses have been substituted for those used by Homer , as being better known to the generality of English readers . HESIOD . DIED B.C. 730 . ESIOD'S own lines record 22 THE CLASSICS FOR THE MILLION .
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... Roman imitators ; for he says , — ' Live as a free man , and it makes thee free . ' The entire absence of love - scenes was another peculiarity in these dramas ; for although there was generally a love story , the audience were never ...
... Roman imitators ; for he says , — ' Live as a free man , and it makes thee free . ' The entire absence of love - scenes was another peculiarity in these dramas ; for although there was generally a love story , the audience were never ...
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... farewell , I've gained the port ; You've fooled me long - make others now your sport . ' All the foregoing extracts are from Lord Neaves ' collec- tion . M PLAUTUS . DIED B.C. 184 . HE Roman drama , GREEK ANTHOLOGY . 177.
... farewell , I've gained the port ; You've fooled me long - make others now your sport . ' All the foregoing extracts are from Lord Neaves ' collec- tion . M PLAUTUS . DIED B.C. 184 . HE Roman drama , GREEK ANTHOLOGY . 177.
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... Roman drama , more than any other branch of their literature , was an inheritance from Greece . The plays , however , which , during a period of five hundred years , amused a Roman audience , possessed neither the brilliant burlesque ...
... Roman drama , more than any other branch of their literature , was an inheritance from Greece . The plays , however , which , during a period of five hundred years , amused a Roman audience , possessed neither the brilliant burlesque ...
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... Roman audience ; and it is interesting to scholars as containing the only existing specimen of the Carthaginian language ; but the plot is devoid of ingenuity , and tediously worked out . There is , however , some real love - making ...
... Roman audience ; and it is interesting to scholars as containing the only existing specimen of the Carthaginian language ; but the plot is devoid of ingenuity , and tediously worked out . There is , however , some real love - making ...
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