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Ted Hughes: Under the Hill of Centurions

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Under the Hill of Centurions

River, London: Faber & Faber 1983

649

Allusion to Classical figure Roman Centurions.

Relationship to Classical text  Allusion to Roman Centurions to describe cock minnows in context of Easter metaphor of activity of river-life ('The River is in a resurrection fever').