The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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... causes and circumstances of the war had long been entirely forgotten ? Or can we prove that the groundwork was history , and that , how- ever embellished by myth and transformed by the art of minstrels , there is in the epic story a ...
... causes and circumstances of the war had long been entirely forgotten ? Or can we prove that the groundwork was history , and that , how- ever embellished by myth and transformed by the art of minstrels , there is in the epic story a ...
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... cause with Priam . Mr Leaf has made out a strong case for his hypothesis : ' Given the known data - the Hellespont an essential economic necessity to Greece , but blocked by a strong fort , and the expansion of Greece to the Euxine at ...
... cause with Priam . Mr Leaf has made out a strong case for his hypothesis : ' Given the known data - the Hellespont an essential economic necessity to Greece , but blocked by a strong fort , and the expansion of Greece to the Euxine at ...
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... cause of the war was the abduction of an Achæan queen by a Trojan prince is also based on probability , but it is of a different order . The episode is obviously a fundamental part of the original story , as told by the Achæan poets ...
... cause of the war was the abduction of an Achæan queen by a Trojan prince is also based on probability , but it is of a different order . The episode is obviously a fundamental part of the original story , as told by the Achæan poets ...
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... causes of the war were economic ; we may compare it with the affair of Epidamnos or with the murder of Serajevo . In applying the test of probability we have one objective guide , the analogy of other epics which grew up under similar ...
... causes of the war were economic ; we may compare it with the affair of Epidamnos or with the murder of Serajevo . In applying the test of probability we have one objective guide , the analogy of other epics which grew up under similar ...
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... cause of disunion exists in a very high degree , nor does it appear likely that it will diminish . It is wholly uninfluenced by political changes or con- siderations . Amongst the Latin races , especially the Spaniards and Portuguese ...
... cause of disunion exists in a very high degree , nor does it appear likely that it will diminish . It is wholly uninfluenced by political changes or con- siderations . Amongst the Latin races , especially the Spaniards and Portuguese ...
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