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Empire: World History
This work was mentioned as an example of how Greek mythology had to be presented delicately by intellectuals towards the end of the medieval period, showing that the truth of the myths was not widely believed at that time.
And obviously, you know, Chaucer had written about Troilus and Crusade and so on. And, you know, you had to have a very sort of delicate view of how you presented Greek mythology.
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This work was mentioned as an example of how Greek mythology had to be presented delicately by intellectuals towards the end of the medieval period, showing that the truth of the myths was not widely believed at that time.
And obviously, you know, Chaucer had written about Troilus and Crusade and so on. And, you know, you had to have a very sort of delicate view of how you presented Greek mythology.