Smith, G. Elliot (Grafton Elliot), Sir, 1871-1937 · Manchester, The University press; London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green & company · leaf 229
there can be no doubt ; and secondly, his explanation of it,which (however popular it may be with classical writers and modernscholars) ^ is not only a gratuitous assumption, but also, even if it were ^ See Schliemann, llios, p. 435 ; and Siret, op. cit. - Siret, op. cit. supra, p. 59. Les Theories… … PlG. 22.—(a) Sepia oFF/ci.VALfS, ai-tek Tryon, Ckphalopoda. (b) LOLIGO VULGARIS, AFTER TrYON. (c) The position usually adopted by the resting Octopus, after Trvon. THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE 169 based upon more valid evidence than the speculations of such recentwriters as Pliny, would not really carry…
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