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American Philhellenes and the Poetics of War

Jeremy CoxUniversity of Texas of the Permian BasinCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 253-286 | Received 18 Feb 2019, Accepted 21 Aug 2020, Published online: 19 Oct 2020

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