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... heroic when he stabs Hector in the back , strangles Troilus , and is ready to betray the Greeks for the sake of Polyxena . Naturally Dictys , one of the Greek force , and Dares , a Trojan , viewed the facts from different standpoints ...
... heroic when he stabs Hector in the back , strangles Troilus , and is ready to betray the Greeks for the sake of Polyxena . Naturally Dictys , one of the Greek force , and Dares , a Trojan , viewed the facts from different standpoints ...
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... heroic poem . It is wholly natural , then , that at intervals Milton should proclaim that his purpose and his theme - as artist he is humble enough - elevate his work above its ancient models . The opening lines , though echoing ...
... heroic poem . It is wholly natural , then , that at intervals Milton should proclaim that his purpose and his theme - as artist he is humble enough - elevate his work above its ancient models . The opening lines , though echoing ...
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... heroic stuff , from a traditional concrete background , except what had developed in modern treatments of the Fall . So in Paradise Lost the fighting is , next to the speeches of the Almighty , Milton's least successful achievement . As ...
... heroic stuff , from a traditional concrete background , except what had developed in modern treatments of the Fall . So in Paradise Lost the fighting is , next to the speeches of the Almighty , Milton's least successful achievement . As ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
THE BACKGROUND OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY IN THE SIXTEENTH | 25 |
WILLIAM BROWNE 156 | 156 |
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