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The Grammars to which occasional reference has been made are Goodwin's Greek Grammar (macmillan Co.) denoted by G., and Hadley's Greek Grammar as revised by Allen (macmillan denoted by ha.
In conclusion, I have to thank the officials of the University Press for the skill and care with which the printing of this volume has been executed.
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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON has written extensively on both ancient Greek and military history; his ?fteen books include The Western Way of War and Between War and Peace. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno.
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