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In vignettes Kazantzakis gives us glimpses into the lives of the humbler people of Minoan Crete , who seem much more like the Cretan peasants of his own day . The civilisation of the palaces may be a doomed outgrowth of the native ...
In vignettes Kazantzakis gives us glimpses into the lives of the humbler people of Minoan Crete , who seem much more like the Cretan peasants of his own day . The civilisation of the palaces may be a doomed outgrowth of the native ...
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30 Athenians , according to Theseus , are " peasants , we wear sheepskins , we sleep on the ground , we eat with our hands ” 31 But theirs , it is quite clear , is to be the future . Athens is associated with masculinity , its new god ...
30 Athenians , according to Theseus , are " peasants , we wear sheepskins , we sleep on the ground , we eat with our hands ” 31 But theirs , it is quite clear , is to be the future . Athens is associated with masculinity , its new god ...
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... the peasant expression “ στάθκα στητός ” , through which he is introduced in the poem in the first line of the second stanza , would be enough to indicate the overwhelming difference between the elegant stranger and himself .
... the peasant expression “ στάθκα στητός ” , through which he is introduced in the poem in the first line of the second stanza , would be enough to indicate the overwhelming difference between the elegant stranger and himself .
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