SOPHOCLES‘PHAEDRA AND THE PHAEDRA OF THE FIRST HIPPOLYTUS
✍ Scribed by Akiko Kiso
- Book ID
- 114979956
- Publisher
- Institute of Classical Studies, University of London
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 914 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0076-0730
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