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a.) one legend says that long ago in greece, a blind poet, homer [etc.]
b.)some people believe that such a poet lived and that he composed [etc.]
The story was much different in Italy. Bonaparte, though he was only twenty-eight years old, was named commander of the Army of Italy on 2 March 1796, through the influence of Barras, his patron in the Directory. Bonaparte faced the combined armies of Austria and Sardinia, which numbered seventy thousand men.
They created writing that included works of art, poetry, plays, etc.
It's really jam-packed in here, isn't it?