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But it was not the custom of the Greeks to write original plays in the sense of trying to think new stories . ... is thoroughly familiar with the full meaning of the story no matter how sketchily it may be treated .
But it was not the custom of the Greeks to write original plays in the sense of trying to think new stories . ... is thoroughly familiar with the full meaning of the story no matter how sketchily it may be treated .
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It is the story of a man who , cruelly wronged by his brother , takes refuge with outlaws in the forests of Germany . In Robin Hood fashion the outlaws are pictured as more moral , in their seeking of wealth , than the respectable ...
It is the story of a man who , cruelly wronged by his brother , takes refuge with outlaws in the forests of Germany . In Robin Hood fashion the outlaws are pictured as more moral , in their seeking of wealth , than the respectable ...
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а spirit , steals this from the Nibelung , is the burden of the story . The opera is filled with the mighty tread of the Giants , the wondrous magic feats of the dwarfs and gods , and the building of the great palace of the gods ...
а spirit , steals this from the Nibelung , is the burden of the story . The opera is filled with the mighty tread of the Giants , the wondrous magic feats of the dwarfs and gods , and the building of the great palace of the gods ...
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