Cornelius NeposClarendon Press, 1868 - 203 pages |
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Page xi
... book . He should be judged not as an original author but as a vulgarisateur who did much to make Greek learning popular amongst his fellow - citizens . We must not be surprised if all the writings which were inspired INTRODUCTION . xi.
... book . He should be judged not as an original author but as a vulgarisateur who did much to make Greek learning popular amongst his fellow - citizens . We must not be surprised if all the writings which were inspired INTRODUCTION . xi.
Page 147
... Greek Baoiλeús . Datum : sc . ' esse . ' 6 4. Adventaret , was on the point of coming . ' Operibus , siege works , ' including the vineae , ' & c . Atque erat profectus , as he had started with . ' Magna cum offensione , to the great ...
... Greek Baoiλeús . Datum : sc . ' esse . ' 6 4. Adventaret , was on the point of coming . ' Operibus , siege works , ' including the vineae , ' & c . Atque erat profectus , as he had started with . ' Magna cum offensione , to the great ...
Page 149
... Greek . 2. Trecentarum . The real number was 271 , of which 100 were Athenian , manned by Plataeans . Grote 5. 109 . " Pari proelio discesserant , they had left the place of battle without decisive result . ' Superasset , should sail ...
... Greek . 2. Trecentarum . The real number was 271 , of which 100 were Athenian , manned by Plataeans . Grote 5. 109 . " Pari proelio discesserant , they had left the place of battle without decisive result . ' Superasset , should sail ...
Page 150
... Greek confederation . 4. Instrui , ' were being marked out . ' 5. Ex sacellis constarent : this is an exaggeration . Nepos follows here the authority of Thucydides , but loosely and inaccurately . πολλαὶ στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων . Thuc . 1 ...
... Greek confederation . 4. Instrui , ' were being marked out . ' 5. Ex sacellis constarent : this is an exaggeration . Nepos follows here the authority of Thucydides , but loosely and inaccurately . πολλαὶ στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων . Thuc . 1 ...
Page 154
... Greeks at Plataea was 110,000 . Hdt . 9. 30 . 3. Plurima miscere , ' to cause great confusion , ' σvykukâv . Epigrammate . The inscription , as given by Thucydides 1. 132 , runs , Ἑλλήνων ἀρχηγὸς ἐπεὶ στρατὸν ὤλεσε Μήδων Παυσανίας Φοίβῳ ...
... Greeks at Plataea was 110,000 . Hdt . 9. 30 . 3. Plurima miscere , ' to cause great confusion , ' σvykukâv . Epigrammate . The inscription , as given by Thucydides 1. 132 , runs , Ἑλλήνων ἀρχηγὸς ἐπεὶ στρατὸν ὤλεσε Μήδων Παυσανίας Φοίβῳ ...
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Page ix - Cui dono lepidum novum libellum arida modo pumice expolitum? Corneli, tibi : namque tu solebas meas esse aliquid putare nugas, iam tum, cum ausus es unus Italorum omne aevum tribus explicare cartis, doctis, luppiter, et laboriosis.
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