A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5
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The Epics of the Greeks
The Greeks were in possession of their epics in the 8th century BC. They were a common possession and a link between their various tribes, giving them a sense of fellowship as against outer barbarians. There were already Greek settlements along the coast of the Black Sea,. The heel and toe of Italy was called Magna-Grecia. Marseille was a Greek town established on the site of an earlier Phoenician colony. And the same geographical conditions that kept the Greek states divided and various kept them small.
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