The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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... nature ? Is the poet generally accurate in his topography and geography ? If we find that the natural features of the Trojan plain and the geography of the Troad correspond with remarkable completeness to the details of the poet's ...
... nature ? Is the poet generally accurate in his topography and geography ? If we find that the natural features of the Trojan plain and the geography of the Troad correspond with remarkable completeness to the details of the poet's ...
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... natural enough for the poet , with a vivid picture of Hector's course in his mind , to select this gate for his description ? In the third passage Priam , when he hears of Hector's death , is described as eager to go forth from the ...
... natural enough for the poet , with a vivid picture of Hector's course in his mind , to select this gate for his description ? In the third passage Priam , when he hears of Hector's death , is described as eager to go forth from the ...
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... nature for commercial prosperity than the plain of Hissarlik . With its marshes and malaria , it was a poor place compared with other plains in the Troad . Moreover ' there is no natural harbour in the district . Troy cannot therefore ...
... nature for commercial prosperity than the plain of Hissarlik . With its marshes and malaria , it was a poor place compared with other plains in the Troad . Moreover ' there is no natural harbour in the district . Troy cannot therefore ...
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... natural meeting place for the trade of the Ægean and the Euxine . . . . The passage of the Hellespont is easily closed against sailing ships by those who hold the land . The dominant factor in the navigation of all the eastern ...
... natural meeting place for the trade of the Ægean and the Euxine . . . . The passage of the Hellespont is easily closed against sailing ships by those who hold the land . The dominant factor in the navigation of all the eastern ...
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... natural outlet for Thracian trade , so that , if a market at Troy were established , it would naturally be a rendezvous for merchants from the Balkan countries . Mr Leaf sketches an imaginary picture of the annual summer fair , after ...
... natural outlet for Thracian trade , so that , if a market at Troy were established , it would naturally be a rendezvous for merchants from the Balkan countries . Mr Leaf sketches an imaginary picture of the annual summer fair , after ...
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