The Story of Civilization: The life of GreeceSimon and Schuster, 1935 - Christianity |
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... living ; the non - Dorian natives , weakened by agriculture and peace , were in obvious need of masters . So the kings of Sparta , who claimed a continuous lineage from the Heracleidae of 1104 , first subjected the indigenous population ...
... living ; the non - Dorian natives , weakened by agriculture and peace , were in obvious need of masters . So the kings of Sparta , who claimed a continuous lineage from the Heracleidae of 1104 , first subjected the indigenous population ...
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... living in destitution on Lemnos , it provides funds to bring her to Athens and to give her a dowry and a husband . The oppressed and hunted of other cities find a sympathetic refuge in Athens . In truth the Greek does not think of ...
... living in destitution on Lemnos , it provides funds to bring her to Athens and to give her a dowry and a husband . The oppressed and hunted of other cities find a sympathetic refuge in Athens . In truth the Greek does not think of ...
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... living as the greatest art of all ; he had a healthy utilitarian bias against any beauty that could not be used ; the useful , the beautiful , and the good were almost as closely bound together in his thought as in the Socratic philoso ...
... living as the greatest art of all ; he had a healthy utilitarian bias against any beauty that could not be used ; the useful , the beautiful , and the good were almost as closely bound together in his thought as in the Socratic philoso ...
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Chronological Table | 2 |
The Reconstruction of | 8 |
The Fall of Cnossus | 20 |
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