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... FLOWERS IN HOMER 150 VII . HOMERIC MEALS 176 VIII . HOMER'S MAGIC HERBS . 207 IX . THE METALS IN HOMER 231 X. HOMERIC METALLURGY 258 XI , AMBER , IVORY , AND ULTRAMARINE 283 THE pe out a p native defianc watch- death the.
... FLOWERS IN HOMER 150 VII . HOMERIC MEALS 176 VIII . HOMER'S MAGIC HERBS . 207 IX . THE METALS IN HOMER 231 X. HOMERIC METALLURGY 258 XI , AMBER , IVORY , AND ULTRAMARINE 283 THE pe out a p native defianc watch- death the.
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... amber . Or it may be that two primarily distinct words coalesced with time into one . Lepsius has urged the probability that the name of the metal was of the masculine form elektros , while amber was desig- nated by the neuter elektron ...
... amber . Or it may be that two primarily distinct words coalesced with time into one . Lepsius has urged the probability that the name of the metal was of the masculine form elektros , while amber was desig- nated by the neuter elektron ...
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... amber . The metallic electrum was an alloy of gold with about twenty per cent . of silver . It occurs naturally , but was produced artificially as well , especially in Egypt , where asem , as it was called , came into favour long before ...
... amber . The metallic electrum was an alloy of gold with about twenty per cent . of silver . It occurs naturally , but was produced artificially as well , especially in Egypt , where asem , as it was called , came into favour long before ...
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... amber , 1 and of silver and of ivory . Suchlike , methinks , is the court of Olympian Zeus within , for the world of things that are here ; wonder comes over me as I look thereon . ' 2 His experienced sire was little less astonished at ...
... amber , 1 and of silver and of ivory . Suchlike , methinks , is the court of Olympian Zeus within , for the world of things that are here ; wonder comes over me as I look thereon . ' 2 His experienced sire was little less astonished at ...
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... be trifled with by hero or mariner who had slipped unawares into that outer region of much sea and little land , where he reigned supreme . Hinc illæ lachrymæ . CHAPTER XI . AMBER , IVORY , AND ULTRAMARINE . 282 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
... be trifled with by hero or mariner who had slipped unawares into that outer region of much sea and little land , where he reigned supreme . Hinc illæ lachrymæ . CHAPTER XI . AMBER , IVORY , AND ULTRAMARINE . 282 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
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