Social Life in Greece from Homer to MenanderMacmillan, 1874 - 495 strani |
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... noble hearers ? Thus , for example , the rank and file of the army are there to be marshalled by the kings , and to raise the shout of battle , but then they actually disappear from the action , and leave the field perfectly clear for ...
... noble hearers ? Thus , for example , the rank and file of the army are there to be marshalled by the kings , and to raise the shout of battle , but then they actually disappear from the action , and leave the field perfectly clear for ...
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... noble of them did so readily , yet there are hints of some compunctions in accepting hos- pitality , and some merit claimed by the host for grant- ing it . Mentor and Telemachus ( y 343 ) rise up from Nestor's feast , and intend to ...
... noble of them did so readily , yet there are hints of some compunctions in accepting hos- pitality , and some merit claimed by the host for grant- ing it . Mentor and Telemachus ( y 343 ) rise up from Nestor's feast , and intend to ...
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... noble ladies were present at his songs ; he owed to their favour many precious gifts , and perhaps a comfortable retreat in the precincts of the palace . It was necessary then to treat them , as he does the kings , with peculiar ...
... noble ladies were present at his songs ; he owed to their favour many precious gifts , and perhaps a comfortable retreat in the precincts of the palace . It was necessary then to treat them , as he does the kings , with peculiar ...
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... noble ladies in their society , and of the celebrity which a lady of exceptional beauty and rank might attain . There can be no doubt that this passage was very similar to the fuller catalogue of female worthies known as the ' Hoîal and ...
... noble ladies in their society , and of the celebrity which a lady of exceptional beauty and rank might attain . There can be no doubt that this passage was very similar to the fuller catalogue of female worthies known as the ' Hoîal and ...
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... Noble ladies then came strictly within the limits of the exclusive caste , they were treated with courtesy , and even too great leniency , and occupied a very important position in aristocratic society . The very same remark will hold ...
... Noble ladies then came strictly within the limits of the exclusive caste , they were treated with courtesy , and even too great leniency , and occupied a very important position in aristocratic society . The very same remark will hold ...
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