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Page 103
... Alcibiades , his pupil ; and after the battle was over , pro- cured him the prize of valour , which he himself had more justly earned . 39. The city of Potidea was soon after besieged in conse- quence of this victory , and the ...
... Alcibiades , his pupil ; and after the battle was over , pro- cured him the prize of valour , which he himself had more justly earned . 39. The city of Potidea was soon after besieged in conse- quence of this victory , and the ...
Page 104
... Alcibiades , his nephew , seeing him one day very pensive , and demanding the reason , was answered , that he was considering how to make up his accounts , " You had better , " said he , " consider how to avoid being accountable . " 48 ...
... Alcibiades , his nephew , seeing him one day very pensive , and demanding the reason , was answered , that he was considering how to make up his accounts , " You had better , " said he , " consider how to avoid being accountable . " 48 ...
Page 119
... Alcibiades , the disciple of Socrates , a youth equally remarkable for the beauty of his person and the great- ness of his mental accomplishments . 3. The strict intimacy between Alcibiades and Socrates is one of the most remarkable ...
... Alcibiades , the disciple of Socrates , a youth equally remarkable for the beauty of his person and the great- ness of his mental accomplishments . 3. The strict intimacy between Alcibiades and Socrates is one of the most remarkable ...
Page 120
... Alcibiades , with such a cast of mind as we have here described , was not born for repose ; and had set every engine at work to traverse the treaty lately concluded , between the two states ; but not succeeding in his attempt , he ...
... Alcibiades , with such a cast of mind as we have here described , was not born for repose ; and had set every engine at work to traverse the treaty lately concluded , between the two states ; but not succeeding in his attempt , he ...
Page 121
... Alcibiades , in the mean while , fearing lest this negotiation should ruin his designs , had a secret conference with the ambas- sadors ; and persuaded them , under a colour of friendship , not to let the people know at first what full ...
... Alcibiades , in the mean while , fearing lest this negotiation should ruin his designs , had a secret conference with the ambas- sadors ; and persuaded them , under a colour of friendship , not to let the people know at first what full ...
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Alcibiades Alexander Alexander's ambition Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived Asia Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body carried cause cavalry chariot Cimon citizens commanded conquest courage Cyrus danger Darius death declared defeat defended Demosthenes dreadful eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fleet forces fought friends galleys gave give glory greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus head honour horse hundred inhabitants killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysander Macedon Macedonians manner Mardonius master mean monarch nians Nicias obliged occasion oppose oracle orators Parmenio passed Pausanias Pelopidas Pericles Persian phalanx Philip Phocians Pisistratus Porus possessed present prince prisoners resolved rest retire river sail seemed seized sent ships side siege slaves Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success succour Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thence thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops utmost valour victory walls whole army wing Xenophon Xerxes