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... this reason Homeric Greece is strange to history ; the relative importance of the states included in it , the centre of gravity of its political power , the modes of government and manners of men it dis- plays 6 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
... this reason Homeric Greece is strange to history ; the relative importance of the states included in it , the centre of gravity of its political power , the modes of government and manners of men it dis- plays 6 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER .
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... by two appellations - the Bear and the Wain . Homer's Bear , however , included the same seven bright stars con- ' Lafitau , Mœurs des Sauvages Américains , p . 240 . stituting the Wain , and no more ; whereas our HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . 48.
... by two appellations - the Bear and the Wain . Homer's Bear , however , included the same seven bright stars con- ' Lafitau , Mœurs des Sauvages Américains , p . 240 . stituting the Wain , and no more ; whereas our HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . 48.
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... included no more than seven stars . And this is important as regards the origin of the name . For it is impossible to suppose a likeness to any animal suggested by the more restricted group . Scarcely the acquiescent fancy of Polonius ...
... included no more than seven stars . And this is important as regards the origin of the name . For it is impossible to suppose a likeness to any animal suggested by the more restricted group . Scarcely the acquiescent fancy of Polonius ...
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... contemporary wild horse was fortunately included . With his out- ward aspect , then , we are , through the medium of these diluvial grafiti , on bone - surfaces and stags 84 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER . HOMERIC HORSES.
... contemporary wild horse was fortunately included . With his out- ward aspect , then , we are , through the medium of these diluvial grafiti , on bone - surfaces and stags 84 FAMILIAR STUDIES IN HOMER . HOMERIC HORSES.
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... included him . The fertile plains of Babylonia probably furnished the equine supplies of Egypt and Asia Minor during some centuries before the Nisman stock , ' cultivated in Media , acquired its Hellenic reputation . So far as can be ...
... included him . The fertile plains of Babylonia probably furnished the equine supplies of Egypt and Asia Minor during some centuries before the Nisman stock , ' cultivated in Media , acquired its Hellenic reputation . So far as can be ...
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