The Greek Genius and Its Influence: Select Essays and ExtractsLane Cooper Cornell University Press, 1952 - 306 pages |
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... tradition , ' and it is that that I propose to discuss in the present paper . I will first make some general comments on the characteristics of the literary tradition , as compared with our other sources of knowl- edge . I will then ...
... tradition , ' and it is that that I propose to discuss in the present paper . I will first make some general comments on the characteristics of the literary tradition , as compared with our other sources of knowl- edge . I will then ...
Page 173
... tradition ' really is , that tradition proves to be surprisingly accurate . But here comes an important qualification . This evidence of the papyri only takes us back , at earliest , to the Alexandrian age . From the second century ...
... tradition ' really is , that tradition proves to be surprisingly accurate . But here comes an important qualification . This evidence of the papyri only takes us back , at earliest , to the Alexandrian age . From the second century ...
Page 174
... tradition . It does not yield to criticism and emenda- tion . It goes back to the time when the old epic literature was but newly dead , and its fragments were collected and formed into such wholes or attempts at wholes as circumstances ...
... tradition . It does not yield to criticism and emenda- tion . It goes back to the time when the old epic literature was but newly dead , and its fragments were collected and formed into such wholes or attempts at wholes as circumstances ...
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