Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, discussing Baillie's and [Gaston] Maspero's opinion on the etymology of a Greek word; the origin of the name 'Aphrodite'; the history of 'heathen religions' and gods; the lineage of Epaphus; his health; and a song he has written.
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Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (Stonyhurst College, Blackburn) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to a statement he made about [Emmanuel] Swedenborg; his work teaching classics at the London University; his reading and writing; his plans for a book on Greek lyric art; Aeschylus' 'Suppliants'; and Pindar.
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Letter from Gerard Manley Hopkins (University College, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin) to Alexander William Mowbray Baillie, referring to Sanskrit and Greek etymology; the 'hounds of dawn' in various mythologies; and his theory of Phoenician and Egyptian influence on the history of Greece and Greek religion. Refers Baillie to [Heinrich] Brugsch's work.
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