PREFACE
CONTENTS
Greece in the second century A.D.
XCI. The Gods in Battle. Apollo,
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STUDIES
IN
GREEK SCENERY, LEGEND
AND HISTORY
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STUDIES
IN
GREEK SCENERY, LEGEND
AND HISTORY
SELECTED FROM HIS COMMENTARY ON
PAUSANIAS’ ‘DESCRIPTION OF GREECE’
BY
SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
AUTHOR OF ‘THE GOLDEN BOUGH’
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
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1917
First published under the title, “Pausanias and other Greek Sketches,” 1900
Reprinted 1917
