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...realized the importance and influence of the political institutions of a country. He takes for the starting point in his history the period of the three great wars, namely--Rome and Carthage, the Leagues in Greece, and Antiochus and Ptolemy. His forty books, of which five are completely extant, are the first books of universal, connected history, treated in a chronological order. As Thucydides was an artist, so was Polybius a teacher. The historical value of the writings of Polybius cannot be too highly valued because of their accuracy and impartiality...
...Department in the Stadium, June 16 and 19, have been held regularly since October. This tragedy is the first of the Oresteia, the three plays on the fortunes of the house of Atreus. Representing the highest achievement of Aeschylus and probably of all Greek drama, they form the only extant specimen of a trilogy...
...called Fairfax Murray (or Seddon) portrait of Chaucer, which, next to the illumination by this disciple Occleve in a manuscript of the early fifteenth century, is probably the best likeness of the poet in existence. Alongside it in the Museum has been placed a book describing all extant portraits of Chaucer, with a photographic reproduction of each...
...this country, that the general public have been given a chance to see what one of the chief forms of the English drama in the fifteenth century was like. Nor is the opportunity likely to recur for a long time. The play selected shows better than any other extant the development of tragedy in the moral play, and is powerful and moving. For over a year, the Elizabethan Stage Society, members of which will produce "Everyman" in Boston, have been successfully giving the piece at frequent intervals in and about London. Indeed, its production was in some ways the dramatic...
...concerning the story and scene of action of Horn and Rimenhild, have been asked over and over again and still no satisfactory conclusions as regards these points have been drawn. In fact there is no definite theory of the origin and development of the story, and of the several extant volumes of the work only two are serviceable in showing the character of Horn. The scene of action especially is uncertain and even, now the two opposing views both find vigorous support. The Isle of Man, however, and the neighboring coast of Ireland seem to fill all the indications...