The Quarterly Review, Volumes 258-259John Murray, 1932 |
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Page 344
... story . The modern historian of the ancient world is in rela- tion to his subject - matter in much the same position as that in which Herodotus stood in relation to his sources . He finds discrepancies in the evidence which he must try ...
... story . The modern historian of the ancient world is in rela- tion to his subject - matter in much the same position as that in which Herodotus stood in relation to his sources . He finds discrepancies in the evidence which he must try ...
Page 356
... story of the period from 510 to 462 , though it contains the expression of views with which some might disagree , displays a sanity absent from many important passages in the contributions to the present work . Those who accept the story ...
... story of the period from 510 to 462 , though it contains the expression of views with which some might disagree , displays a sanity absent from many important passages in the contributions to the present work . Those who accept the story ...
Page 256
... story might be twisted at its end into a sermon is shown throughout such collections as the Gesta Romanorum . One of the best examples is the story of the three gifts King Darius left to his youngest son ; at the end the modern reader ...
... story might be twisted at its end into a sermon is shown throughout such collections as the Gesta Romanorum . One of the best examples is the story of the three gifts King Darius left to his youngest son ; at the end the modern reader ...
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