The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western LiteratureOxford University Press, 1949 - 763 Seiten |
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Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Gilbert Highet. PREFACE HIS book is an outline of the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literatures of western Europe and America . The Greeks invented nearly ...
Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Gilbert Highet. PREFACE HIS book is an outline of the chief ways in which Greek and Latin influence has moulded the literatures of western Europe and America . The Greeks invented nearly ...
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Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Gilbert Highet. CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Our world is a direct spiritual descendant of Greece and Rome This book describes that descent in literature THE FALL OF THE ...
Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature Gilbert Highet. CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION Our world is a direct spiritual descendant of Greece and Rome This book describes that descent in literature THE FALL OF THE ...
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... Rome than about Greece , with the single exception of the Greek myths which reached the modern world through Rome . The Roman plays - plus some anachronisms and some solidly English touches - are like Rome . The Greek plays are not like ...
... Rome than about Greece , with the single exception of the Greek myths which reached the modern world through Rome . The Roman plays - plus some anachronisms and some solidly English touches - are like Rome . The Greek plays are not like ...
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ITALY | 5 |
Christianity enriched by GrecoRoman folklore | 9 |
physical | 11 |
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