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... Probably Curtius , whether drawing direct from Klitarchus or not , dressed up or recast many of his exaggerations as he saw fit at the time , but was too sober to load his book with recounting other marvels which were most likely at ...
... Probably Curtius , whether drawing direct from Klitarchus or not , dressed up or recast many of his exaggerations as he saw fit at the time , but was too sober to load his book with recounting other marvels which were most likely at ...
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... probably a good average speci- men of the Latin of the early Empire , the so - called silver - age . Inferior in vigour to the balanced sermon style of Seneca or the painful and muscular energy of the Tacitean Annals , it reminds us in ...
... probably a good average speci- men of the Latin of the early Empire , the so - called silver - age . Inferior in vigour to the balanced sermon style of Seneca or the painful and muscular energy of the Tacitean Annals , it reminds us in ...
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... probably owing in the first instance to the deep interest felt in the subject of his book . Men got their first impressions1 of the Macedonian hero from the account of Curtius . Four English translations of him deserve mention , John ...
... probably owing in the first instance to the deep interest felt in the subject of his book . Men got their first impressions1 of the Macedonian hero from the account of Curtius . Four English translations of him deserve mention , John ...
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... probably too lenient , at least from our point of view . We should think his magnificence 1 Plut de Alex fort 1 6 says that Aristotle had advised him to rule Greeks as subjects and barbarians as slaves ( τοῖς μὲν Ἕλλησιν ἡγεμονικώς τοῖς ...
... probably too lenient , at least from our point of view . We should think his magnificence 1 Plut de Alex fort 1 6 says that Aristotle had advised him to rule Greeks as subjects and barbarians as slaves ( τοῖς μὲν Ἕλλησιν ἡγεμονικώς τοῖς ...
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... probably true enough in the main ; at all events he grew up such as these glimpses of his early years would lead us to expect . Among the most interesting stories of his manhood are those describing his interview with the Greek Cynic ...
... probably true enough in the main ; at all events he grew up such as these glimpses of his early years would lead us to expect . Among the most interesting stories of his manhood are those describing his interview with the Greek Cynic ...
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Alexander in India: A Portion of the History Quintus Curtius W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2019 |
Alexander in Indi: A Portion of the History of Quintus Curtius (1879) W. E. Heitland,T. E. Raven No preview available - 2008 |
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