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Excerpt from AgathoclesSmyth, W. H. Memoir descriptive of the Resources, Inhabitants, and Hydrography of Sicily and its Islands.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairi...

Excerpt from Greek LiteratureThe study of Greek literature is therefore a proper element in a liberal education. The Greek language, naturally ¿exible and rich in poetical words, becomes in the hands of the great writers a medium of un equalled force, clearness, and adaptability, able to express as well the highest aspirations of the poet as the subtlest shades Of philosophical argument or the most abstruse technicalities. The books Of Greece ...

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H. J. W. Tillyard (1881 - 1968) was an author and extensive researcher in the field of Byzantine music. An analysis of a number of Greek literary works, as well as a discussion on individual genres of Greek literature, such as tragedy and comedy.

Originally published in 1908, this book presents a comprehensive account regarding the reign of Agathocles of Syracuse (361-289 BC).

Excerpt from Greek Literature The Greeks were the most intellectual people of the old world. They were explorers in every field of knowledge and art, where they showed in the highest degree the desire for truth and the love of the beautiful. Freedom of thought and deed seemed to them essential to happiness and self-development, while a sense of fitness and dislike of excess saved them, as a rule, from wildness of imagination or impropriety of...

Excerpt from Agathocles The subject of the present book, which was awarded the Prince Consort Prize in January 1908, was chosen by myself, and approved by the Electors. I have written throughout from the original authorities, but I have tried to make full use of modern writers, and to weigh the merits of their theories. On the critical side, Schubert's Geschichte des Agathokles has been most useful, as will be evident to anyone reading my fir...

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