Social Life in Greece from Homer to MenanderMacmillan, 1874 - 495 strani |
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... passed . It will be seen how they began with rude notions , how in the Homeric days the now fashionable theory that Might is Right ' was practically carried out - of this the present essay will give ample proofs . Even delicacy of ...
... passed . It will be seen how they began with rude notions , how in the Homeric days the now fashionable theory that Might is Right ' was practically carried out - of this the present essay will give ample proofs . Even delicacy of ...
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... passed away , to make way for cold calculation and selfish aggrandisement . How far this picture is real we shall see in the sequel . But the labours of these in- genious authors have relieved me of the task of mi- nutely describing all ...
... passed away , to make way for cold calculation and selfish aggrandisement . How far this picture is real we shall see in the sequel . But the labours of these in- genious authors have relieved me of the task of mi- nutely describing all ...
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... passed away , was apparently pushed aside by younger and stronger men . He might either maintain himself by extraordinary usefulness , like Nestor , or be supported by his children , if they chanced to be affectionate and dutiful ; but ...
... passed away , was apparently pushed aside by younger and stronger men . He might either maintain himself by extraordinary usefulness , like Nestor , or be supported by his children , if they chanced to be affectionate and dutiful ; but ...
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... passing insensibly from the Homeric hero's treatment of his fellows , to his treat- ment of the ladies of his family . The cases I have already cited show how high was the position of married women in the royal houses . The charming ...
... passing insensibly from the Homeric hero's treatment of his fellows , to his treat- ment of the ladies of his family . The cases I have already cited show how high was the position of married women in the royal houses . The charming ...
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... passed away , were centred not on foreign affairs , or ex- ternal wars , but on the internal conflicts of their cities . The great social struggle between the higher and lower classes had commenced , and so the aristocracy became ...
... passed away , were centred not on foreign affairs , or ex- ternal wars , but on the internal conflicts of their cities . The great social struggle between the higher and lower classes had commenced , and so the aristocracy became ...
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