🌲 Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 87

The Greek gods, undoubtedly, had a long ancestry extending into the depths of the past, but the sudden advent of civilisation broke up the bardic system before the historians could become philosophical, or philosophers interested in antiquities.

Who acts: Greek gods, long ancestry, sudden advent, historians · What happens: have, extend, break up, become · To what, where: long ancestry, depths, bardic system, philosophical philosophers

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