The Greek Genius and Its Influence: Select Essays and ExtractsLane Cooper Yale University Press, 1917 - 306 pages |
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Page 23
... blew on and swept [ 1 The first of these four extracts is from the Preface to Hellas , Shelley's Poetical Works , Oxford Edition , ed . Hutchinson , p . 442. — EDITOR . ] That dew into the utmost wildernesses In wandering clouds of.
... blew on and swept [ 1 The first of these four extracts is from the Preface to Hellas , Shelley's Poetical Works , Oxford Edition , ed . Hutchinson , p . 442. — EDITOR . ] That dew into the utmost wildernesses In wandering clouds of.
Page 74
... poetical , was first matured ; at Athens , too , oratory first became the effective ally of statesmanship ; both tragedy and comedy were perfected ; the frescoes of Polygnotus , the architecture of Ictinus , the sculpture of Phidias ...
... poetical , was first matured ; at Athens , too , oratory first became the effective ally of statesmanship ; both tragedy and comedy were perfected ; the frescoes of Polygnotus , the architecture of Ictinus , the sculpture of Phidias ...
Page 78
... poetical recitations was just as instinctive as is the feeling for correctness of tune among ordinary musical audiences at the present time . If an actor in a Greek theatre made a slip in the metre of his verses , it was regarded in ...
... poetical recitations was just as instinctive as is the feeling for correctness of tune among ordinary musical audiences at the present time . If an actor in a Greek theatre made a slip in the metre of his verses , it was regarded in ...
Page 85
... poetical productions ? These questions naturally suggest themselves to us . But with respect to Greece we lack the documents that would give us satis- factory answers . Before there was a nation that could properly be called Hellenic ...
... poetical productions ? These questions naturally suggest themselves to us . But with respect to Greece we lack the documents that would give us satis- factory answers . Before there was a nation that could properly be called Hellenic ...
Page 106
... individual forms given to legend and cult in each several state . Greek religion was not concerned with instruction in spiritual matters ; it was poetical , 1 8 and adorned with all the radiance and charm of art 106 AUGUST BOECKH.
... individual forms given to legend and cult in each several state . Greek religion was not concerned with instruction in spiritual matters ; it was poetical , 1 8 and adorned with all the radiance and charm of art 106 AUGUST BOECKH.
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