National Geographic Society (U.S.) · Washington : National Geographic Society · leaf 76
Why it should be considered an insult to call a man a donkey cannot be understood by those who know life in the Near East, for the patient, sure-footed, dependable little beast of burden has as many virtues as he has duties. Though the ways in which they are em- … Photographs from Mary Mills Patrick THE CITY OF MITYLENE HAS GIVEN -ITS NAME TO THE ISLAND WHICH WAS THE HOME OF SAPPHO Lesbos, as the little island of Mitylene was called until the Middle Ages, was the home of the olian school of lyric poetry. Beauty and’profligacy were the main attributes of the…
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