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... tion kept it , to a large extent , outside the constant wars that devastated so large a part of the ancient world . Staffs of ex- pert copyists worked in the great Alexandrian library under the supervision of authoritative scholars ...
... tion kept it , to a large extent , outside the constant wars that devastated so large a part of the ancient world . Staffs of ex- pert copyists worked in the great Alexandrian library under the supervision of authoritative scholars ...
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... tion became in succeeding generations the cherished possessions of their family and their tribe . The stories were repeated with pride , and , as time went on , the actual deeds of the fighting man were picturesquely exaggerated until ...
... tion became in succeeding generations the cherished possessions of their family and their tribe . The stories were repeated with pride , and , as time went on , the actual deeds of the fighting man were picturesquely exaggerated until ...
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... tion that he proceeds to compare her favourably with seven other persons he has had love dealings with , before constructing out of a cloud a covert in which he can embrace her unseen . The characters of the deities are as clearly ...
... tion that he proceeds to compare her favourably with seven other persons he has had love dealings with , before constructing out of a cloud a covert in which he can embrace her unseen . The characters of the deities are as clearly ...
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... tion of the Homeric epics . Only his old dog recognises him at sight ; and cannot follow and fawn on him , for he dies in the moment of recognition . Ulysses enters his house as a beggar and undergoes many humiliations , for unfaithful ...
... tion of the Homeric epics . Only his old dog recognises him at sight ; and cannot follow and fawn on him , for he dies in the moment of recognition . Ulysses enters his house as a beggar and undergoes many humiliations , for unfaithful ...
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... tion . Coleridge , who loved the Bible and was more than ordi- narily sensitive to its appeal , said of it : " In every generation and wherever the light of revelation has shone , men of all ranks , conditions , and states of mind have ...
... tion . Coleridge , who loved the Bible and was more than ordi- narily sensitive to its appeal , said of it : " In every generation and wherever the light of revelation has shone , men of all ranks , conditions , and states of mind have ...
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Achilles Æschylus ancient Andrew Lang Apocrypha Apollo Athens beauty Bible born Brahmanism called century B.C. Christ Christian Confucius Dante death Divine Divine Comedy Don Quixote drama early earth English Eschylus Euripides faith famous father Fredk Gallery glory goddess gods Gospel Greece Greek H. A. Guerber hath heart heaven Hebrew Hector heroes Hollyer Homer human Iliad J. W. WATERHOUSE Jewish Jews Jupiter King knights Koran language Latin legends literary literature living Lord LORD LEIGHTON mediæval Middle Ages modern Moses myths National noble Odyssey Old Testament papyrus passage philosophy Photo poem poet poetry priests prophets prose religion religious Renaissance Rischgitz Collection Roman Rome sacred says scholars Scriptures servant Shakespeare songs Sophocles soul spirit story teaching thee things thou tion to-day translation Troy Ulysses unto Vatican verse Virgil W. A. Mansell wife wisdom words writing written wrote Zoroaster