Illustrated History of Ancient Literature: Oriental and ClassicalHarper & bothers, 1890 - 432 pages |
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... Greece and Rome receive due attention , a new , and , it is believed , peculiarly valuable feature of the book will be found in its treatment of ancient Oriental lit- erature - particularly the Sanscrit and Persian . The labors of ...
... Greece and Rome receive due attention , a new , and , it is believed , peculiarly valuable feature of the book will be found in its treatment of ancient Oriental lit- erature - particularly the Sanscrit and Persian . The labors of ...
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... ( Pages 133-138 . ) Early Settlement of Greece , 133. - Pelasgi and Hellenes , 134. - The Greek Lan- guage , 135. — Earliest Forms of Poetry , 137. - Legendary Poets , 138 . CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER II . - AGE OF EPIC viii CONTENTS .
... ( Pages 133-138 . ) Early Settlement of Greece , 133. - Pelasgi and Hellenes , 134. - The Greek Lan- guage , 135. — Earliest Forms of Poetry , 137. - Legendary Poets , 138 . CONTENTS . ix CHAPTER II . - AGE OF EPIC viii CONTENTS .
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... Greece and India , types of the Aryan stock , transmitted their legends to posterity in epic verse . Later times have not failed to per- petuate the taste , and measurably the ability ; epic poetry has been cultivated by all the Indo ...
... Greece and India , types of the Aryan stock , transmitted their legends to posterity in epic verse . Later times have not failed to per- petuate the taste , and measurably the ability ; epic poetry has been cultivated by all the Indo ...
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... Greece plunged into a struggle for life or death with the Persian Empire - a struggle from which she emerged covered with glory , united and free . Her tri- umph is straightway sung in immortal verse , and historians arise to record her ...
... Greece plunged into a struggle for life or death with the Persian Empire - a struggle from which she emerged covered with glory , united and free . Her tri- umph is straightway sung in immortal verse , and historians arise to record her ...
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... Greece . Here the deepening twilight was fatal to literary growth ; and when Egypt fell beneath the power of Rome in the first cen- tury B.C. , Greek letters sought a new asylum in the city of Romulus . Turning to Rome , we find that ...
... Greece . Here the deepening twilight was fatal to literary growth ; and when Egypt fell beneath the power of Rome in the first cen- tury B.C. , Greek letters sought a new asylum in the city of Romulus . Turning to Rome , we find that ...
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