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Page 99
... death ; instead he rushes into combat to revenge Patroclus , although he knows that he is condemning himself to an early death , and that the existence of a king in Hades will be incomparably less enviable than that of a slave on earth ...
... death ; instead he rushes into combat to revenge Patroclus , although he knows that he is condemning himself to an early death , and that the existence of a king in Hades will be incomparably less enviable than that of a slave on earth ...
Page 548
... death mask with movable ears that was found in the Moon Pyramid at Moche , Peru . The ancient Mexicans made burial masks that seem to be generic representations rather than por- traits of individuals . In ancient Roman burials , a mask ...
... death mask with movable ears that was found in the Moon Pyramid at Moche , Peru . The ancient Mexicans made burial masks that seem to be generic representations rather than por- traits of individuals . In ancient Roman burials , a mask ...
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... death rates among small children in the developing countries . In much of Southeast Asia , for ex- ample , 40 percent of children die by their fourth year , a death rate not reached until age 60 in North America . The infant ( under one ...
... death rates among small children in the developing countries . In much of Southeast Asia , for ex- ample , 40 percent of children die by their fourth year , a death rate not reached until age 60 in North America . The infant ( under one ...
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