The Quarterly Review, Volume 226John Murray, 1916 |
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Page 9
... regards the tale of Aias as unhistorical . Why should such a legend be invented ? If the incident is true , it explains the Locrian tribute and it also explains itself . If it was an invention , its only imaginable motive was to explain ...
... regards the tale of Aias as unhistorical . Why should such a legend be invented ? If the incident is true , it explains the Locrian tribute and it also explains itself . If it was an invention , its only imaginable motive was to explain ...
Page 12
... regard to Black Sea traffic , yet they were the principal and the closest allies of the Trojans in the war . But their power too was threatened by the Achæans , who were already in possession of Rhodes , and they had therefore a good ...
... regard to Black Sea traffic , yet they were the principal and the closest allies of the Trojans in the war . But their power too was threatened by the Achæans , who were already in possession of Rhodes , and they had therefore a good ...
Page 13
... theory which does not commend itself to us . Until we have some decisive proof to the contrary we must regard Pelasgoi as a distinctly non - Greek name . the Minoan rulers , and the Achæans . This view THE TROJAN WAR 13.
... theory which does not commend itself to us . Until we have some decisive proof to the contrary we must regard Pelasgoi as a distinctly non - Greek name . the Minoan rulers , and the Achæans . This view THE TROJAN WAR 13.
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... regard the discomfiture of the Achæans in battle as a real episode of the war , there is some reason for think- ing that it may have been due to such a quarrel among the kings as Homer describes . For Mr Leaf has shown that the raid of ...
... regard the discomfiture of the Achæans in battle as a real episode of the war , there is some reason for think- ing that it may have been due to such a quarrel among the kings as Homer describes . For Mr Leaf has shown that the raid of ...
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... regards the relatives , particularly those of the female sex , of any other boat- man with whom he happens to have a difference of opinion . Why should a dead Mahommedan be wrapped up in a shroud and buried in a sitting posture ...
... regards the relatives , particularly those of the female sex , of any other boat- man with whom he happens to have a difference of opinion . Why should a dead Mahommedan be wrapped up in a shroud and buried in a sitting posture ...
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