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Homer's "Iliad": The Shield of Memoryby Kenneth John Atchity

✍ Scribed by Review by: Frederick M. Combellack


Book ID
124410282
Publisher
Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc.
Year
1978-1979
Tongue
English
Weight
457 KB
Volume
74
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-8353

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