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... remains in the Mycenaan citadel graves . Above all , the Egypto - Mycenman pottery , from its association with other objects of known dates , is determinable as to time . And it • Flinders Petrie , Journal of Hellenic Studies , vols ...
... remains in the Mycenaan citadel graves . Above all , the Egypto - Mycenman pottery , from its association with other objects of known dates , is determinable as to time . And it • Flinders Petrie , Journal of Hellenic Studies , vols ...
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... remains , then , but to admit that he lived in the pre - Dorian Greece which he portrayed . More- over , the state of seething unrest ensuing upon the overthrow of the Mycenæan order must have been absolutely inconsistent with the ...
... remains , then , but to admit that he lived in the pre - Dorian Greece which he portrayed . More- over , the state of seething unrest ensuing upon the overthrow of the Mycenæan order must have been absolutely inconsistent with the ...
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... remains as to the united or divided authorship of these antique monuments , regarded as separate wholes . Are they twin - pro- ductions , or did they spring up independently , favoured by the same prevailing climate , from a soil ...
... remains as to the united or divided authorship of these antique monuments , regarded as separate wholes . Are they twin - pro- ductions , or did they spring up independently , favoured by the same prevailing climate , from a soil ...
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... extent adventurers by sea and land . But , further than this , their individuality remains shrouded in the impene- trable veil of their silence . CHAPTER II . HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . " THE Homeric ideas HOMER AS A POET AND AS A PROBLEM . 29.
... extent adventurers by sea and land . But , further than this , their individuality remains shrouded in the impene- trable veil of their silence . CHAPTER II . HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . " THE Homeric ideas HOMER AS A POET AND AS A PROBLEM . 29.
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... remains left unburied on the field of battle . The circumstance that in this revolting capa- city they were predominantly present to the mind of the poet unveils the secret of his profound aversion . Not as the humble and faithful ...
... remains left unburied on the field of battle . The circumstance that in this revolting capa- city they were predominantly present to the mind of the poet unveils the secret of his profound aversion . Not as the humble and faithful ...
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