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... Athens and the Athenian colonies . The language of the Ho- meric epics is a mixture of Ionic and Aeolic . One of the chief distinctive characteristics of the Ionic - Attic dialects is that the a sound that occurs in all other dialects ...
... Athens and the Athenian colonies . The language of the Ho- meric epics is a mixture of Ionic and Aeolic . One of the chief distinctive characteristics of the Ionic - Attic dialects is that the a sound that occurs in all other dialects ...
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... Athenian . To account for this dis- crepancy it has been suggested that his family belonged to a settlement of Athenian citizens at Chalcis . At any rate , he spent his profes- sional life in Athens , either as a citizen or as a ...
... Athenian . To account for this dis- crepancy it has been suggested that his family belonged to a settlement of Athenian citizens at Chalcis . At any rate , he spent his profes- sional life in Athens , either as a citizen or as a ...
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... Athens , pentelic marble , c . 442-438 BC ; in the British Museum. areas of bad weather , especially in winter . At ... Athens , for example - the word can also be applied to representations in painting and the graphic arts . isoclinal ...
... Athens , pentelic marble , c . 442-438 BC ; in the British Museum. areas of bad weather , especially in winter . At ... Athens , for example - the word can also be applied to representations in painting and the graphic arts . isoclinal ...
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