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Curiosities of Olden Times

Then he goes to the house of Amma, the wife of Afi.

He next enters the hall of Mother.

Not a word of disparagement of woman is found in those old cosmic lays. The sturdy Northerner knew her value, and he respected her, whilst the frivolous Greek despised her as a toy.

The Provengal troubadours caught the classic misappreciation of woman. Massillia was a Greek colony, and Greek manners, tastes, and habits of 110