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... poet of the Odyssey mysteriously tells us , " in nine - yearly tides , " at Cnossus " the great city , " and held converse with his divine father in a cave . of Minos . ( Od . xix . 178. ) Historical The discoveries made by excavation ...
... poet of the Odyssey mysteriously tells us , " in nine - yearly tides , " at Cnossus " the great city , " and held converse with his divine father in a cave . of Minos . ( Od . xix . 178. ) Historical The discoveries made by excavation ...
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... poetry and their civilisation to the shores of Asia . Their civilisation is revealed to us in their poetry , and we find that it is identical in its main features , and in many minor respects , with the planted by the Greeks ...
... poetry and their civilisation to the shores of Asia . Their civilisation is revealed to us in their poetry , and we find that it is identical in its main features , and in many minor respects , with the planted by the Greeks ...
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... poet's frieze of cyanus in the hall of Alcinous was not a fancy ; and he describes as the cup of Nestor a gold cup with doves perched on the handles , such as one which was found in a royal tomb at Mycenae . There is indeed one striking ...
... poet's frieze of cyanus in the hall of Alcinous was not a fancy ; and he describes as the cup of Nestor a gold cup with doves perched on the handles , such as one which was found in a royal tomb at Mycenae . There is indeed one striking ...
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... poetry of Europe took shape , the Achaean name was merged in the less significant title of Aeolis . There was Histiaea also apparently a movement to Euboea , in consequence of the and Thessalian invasion : according to tradition ...
... poetry of Europe took shape , the Achaean name was merged in the less significant title of Aeolis . There was Histiaea also apparently a movement to Euboea , in consequence of the and Thessalian invasion : according to tradition ...
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... poetry , and the beginning of European literature goes back to them . But the supreme inspiration came to their minstrels on Asiatic soil . They went forth from their Thessalian homes ,. The Achaean epic . 1 Paphos seems to have been an ...
... poetry , and the beginning of European literature goes back to them . But the supreme inspiration came to their minstrels on Asiatic soil . They went forth from their Thessalian homes ,. The Achaean epic . 1 Paphos seems to have been an ...
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