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  • It was a real-life aristeia, to use a Greek word, borrowed by the Romans.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • It was a real-life aristeia, to use a Greek word, borrowed by the Romans.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • It was a real-life aristeia, to use a Greek word, borrowed by the Romans.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • It was a real-life aristeia, to use a Greek word, borrowed by the Romans.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • The sixth book is not ordinarily included in the {Diomedeos aristeia}.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • The anger that Homer asks the muse to sing at the opening of the Iliad is not the rage that will inspire Achilles 'vengeful aristeia against the Trojans, but rather the emotion that alienates Achilles from his compatriots.

    Romantic Anger and Byron 1998

  • I explained the Greek concept of aristeia — warrior-to-warrior or small-group combat in which an individual can show his valor — and how important it was to these ancients and how the larger battle would often pause so that the soldiers on each side could witness such examples of aristeia.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • But now, after more than nine years watching aristeia in action, I can say in certainty that these one-on-one combats so beloved by both Trojans and Argives are one of the reasons for this prolonged, endless, slow-as-molasses siege.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • And even my plan to get Hector and Achilles to Olympos for their fatal aristeia is doomed.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • = As Professor E. Fantham points out to me, this _praeteritio_ takes the place of a full _aristeia_ detailing

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

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