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CLAS10046: the Greeks and the Supernatural | University of Bristol 09/29/21 CLAS10046: The Greeks and the Supernatural | University of Bristol CLAS10046: The Greeks and the View Online Supernatural Aeschylus., The Agamemnon of Aeschylus (London,: J.W. Parker, 1848) <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044010675171&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=7 > Aeschylus, Ἐ υμενιδες ... With Short English Notes for the Use of Schools, ed. by T. A. Buckley (J.H. 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