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... Odyssey . So far as the mere secu- lar materials of his songs are concerned , Homer , we have the best reason to believe , received much more than he gave ; but in the current theology and religious senti- 1 Compare the history of the ...
... Odyssey . So far as the mere secu- lar materials of his songs are concerned , Homer , we have the best reason to believe , received much more than he gave ; but in the current theology and religious senti- 1 Compare the history of the ...
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... Odyssey . It is alleged that the religious conceptions of the former are as inferior to those of the latter , as its poetic glow is more intense , its flight of winged words more rapid , and its pictures more vivid ; and it is con ...
... Odyssey . It is alleged that the religious conceptions of the former are as inferior to those of the latter , as its poetic glow is more intense , its flight of winged words more rapid , and its pictures more vivid ; and it is con ...
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... Odyssey , these natu- rally arose from the nature of the subjects treated , and from the dominancy of its own particular idea over the humbly the will of Zeus , and forbears offending Poseidon , her uncle , for the sake of a mortal man ...
... Odyssey , these natu- rally arose from the nature of the subjects treated , and from the dominancy of its own particular idea over the humbly the will of Zeus , and forbears offending Poseidon , her uncle , for the sake of a mortal man ...
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... Odyssey , a narrative of domestic fortunes , and an example of severe retribution exercised on the guilty violators of social laws in times of peace , it could not but be that the poet should cause the motley confusion of inferior ...
... Odyssey , a narrative of domestic fortunes , and an example of severe retribution exercised on the guilty violators of social laws in times of peace , it could not but be that the poet should cause the motley confusion of inferior ...
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... Odyssey oúpavov evρùv exovтes ( a style , however , occurring also in the Iliad , XXI . 267 ) , there is not the least foundation for Dr. Ihne's remark , that this designation furnishes one ground of distinction between the theo- logy ...
... Odyssey oúpavov evρùv exovтes ( a style , however , occurring also in the Iliad , XXI . 267 ) , there is not the least foundation for Dr. Ihne's remark , that this designation furnishes one ground of distinction between the theo- logy ...
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