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28 In other words , were the reasons for the Athenians ' attraction to Mithridates cultural or social ? Was he the saviour of the debt - ridden or just an admirer of Greek culture ? Neither history nor the novel gives a clear answer to ...
28 In other words , were the reasons for the Athenians ' attraction to Mithridates cultural or social ? Was he the saviour of the debt - ridden or just an admirer of Greek culture ? Neither history nor the novel gives a clear answer to ...
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The opposition between Rome and Mithridates could be treated as a metaphor for the political conflict between East and West , Communism and capitalism . There are incidents in the novel which point to this parallel .
The opposition between Rome and Mithridates could be treated as a metaphor for the political conflict between East and West , Communism and capitalism . There are incidents in the novel which point to this parallel .
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This high - minded dream that was born in Hellenism's psyche after Alexander's death , the Stoic's old vision , seemed finally to take on flesh and bones under the fabulous leader of the Pontus , the invincible Mithridates - Dionysos .
This high - minded dream that was born in Hellenism's psyche after Alexander's death , the Stoic's old vision , seemed finally to take on flesh and bones under the fabulous leader of the Pontus , the invincible Mithridates - Dionysos .
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the making of the Modern Greek Physiologos | 23 |
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| Title | Kampos: Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek, Issues 13-14 |
| Contributor | University of Cambridge. Modern Greek Section |
| Publisher | Modern Greek Section, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
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