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... Herodotus , it should seem that they still looked up , with the veneration of dis- ciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , * it was natural that the literature of Greece should be tinc- tured with the oriental ...
... Herodotus , it should seem that they still looked up , with the veneration of dis- ciples , to Egypt and Assyria . At this period , accordingly , * it was natural that the literature of Greece should be tinc- tured with the oriental ...
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... Herodotus and Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the ...
... Herodotus and Tacitus ; and the classical histories may almost be called romances founded in fact . The relation is , no doubt , in all its princi- pal points , strictly true . But the numerous little incidents which heighten the ...
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... Herodotus tells us , that when Phrynichus produced his tragedy on the fall of Miletus , they fined him . in a penalty of a thousand drachms , for torturing their feelings by so pathetic an exhibition . They did not regard him as a great ...
... Herodotus tells us , that when Phrynichus produced his tragedy on the fall of Miletus , they fined him . in a penalty of a thousand drachms , for torturing their feelings by so pathetic an exhibition . They did not regard him as a great ...
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... Herodotus is the earliest and the best . His animation , his simple - hearted tenderness , his wonderful talent for descrip- tion and dialogue , and the pure sweet flow of his language , place him at the head of narrators . He reminds ...
... Herodotus is the earliest and the best . His animation , his simple - hearted tenderness , his wonderful talent for descrip- tion and dialogue , and the pure sweet flow of his language , place him at the head of narrators . He reminds ...
Pagina 147
... Herodotus . There are passages in Herodotus nearly as long as acts of Shakspeare , in which every thing is told dramatically , and in which the narrative serves only the purpose of stage - directions . It is possible , no doubt , that ...
... Herodotus . There are passages in Herodotus nearly as long as acts of Shakspeare , in which every thing is told dramatically , and in which the narrative serves only the purpose of stage - directions . It is possible , no doubt , that ...
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