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Add. MS b/36/265
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Copy letter from James Hope Moulton to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 15.3.12 - Asks him to return the papers on totem poles to Mrs Crowther; discusses the etymology of Demeter; criticises the astral mythology of Hugo Winckler, Alfred Jeremias and Peter Jensen, quoting his friend E. W. Maunder on the poor astronomy in the book.
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- Ancient Greek
- English
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Lacunae in typescript filled in, in R. A. Downie's hand.
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- Moulton, James Hope (1863-1917), biblical and Zoroastrian scholar (Subject)
- Winckler, Hugo (1863-1913) German archaeologist and historian (Subject)
- Jensen, Peter Christian Albrecht (1861-1936) German orientalist (Subject)
- Maunder, Edward Walter (1851-1928) astronomer (Subject)
- Jeremias, Alfred (1864-1935) German Assyriologist (Subject)