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Cool, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- First published
- 1794
- Pages
- 437
- Publisher
- W. Heinemann, Harvard University, Typis Wechelianis, apud haeredes Claudii Marnii
- Editions
- 103
- Language
- lat, Italian, grc, gre
- ISBN
- 9780674992078
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“Like Pausanias gazing from the sea at the promontory of Sounion (1.1.1), let us for a moment entertain a prospect simultaneously invigorating and humbling.”
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