Item 181 - Letter from Francis Cornford to Walter Leaf

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Letter from Francis Cornford to Walter Leaf

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  • 23 Jun 1918 (Creation)

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Cornford, Francis Macdonald (1874-1943), classical scholar
(1874-1943)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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King's Langley - unable to attend meeting of Hellenic Society, has read Norman Gardiner's paper, interpretation of the Great Games of Greece to explain religious associations and explain how Pindar found inspiration in them, does not have time to develop this theory, defends his argument against Gardiner's, aetiological myths associated with the Games are not found in modern sporting events, has no books to study from.

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