A History of Classical Greek Literature, Vol. 2 of 2: The Prose Writers, (With an Index to Both Volumes) (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of Classical Greek Literature, Vol. 2 of 2: The Prose Writers, (With an Index to Both Volumes)

In fact, the wonder is, not that prose writing came so early, but so late within the history of Greek literature. However the national taste used to be so well satisfied by poetry that it required special influences, rather than the mere familiarity with writing, to induce men to set down their thoughts in unmetrical form. To these we may now turn.

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