The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... Asia , where he still found new information , and is said to have first made the discov- ery of the works of Homer . From thence he went into Egypt , and is said by some to have had conferences with the gymnoso- phists of India . But ...
... Asia , where he still found new information , and is said to have first made the discov- ery of the works of Homer . From thence he went into Egypt , and is said by some to have had conferences with the gymnoso- phists of India . But ...
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... Asia Minor , was willing to make an ostentatious display of his wealth before the Greek philosopher ; and after showing him immense heaps of treasure , and the greatest variety of other ornaments , he demanded whether he did not think ...
... Asia Minor , was willing to make an ostentatious display of his wealth before the Greek philosopher ; and after showing him immense heaps of treasure , and the greatest variety of other ornaments , he demanded whether he did not think ...
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... Asia Minor , were at length subdued by Crœsus , king of Lydia ; and he in turn , sinking under the power of Cyrus , his conquests of course fell in with the rest of his dominions . 11. The Persian monarch , thus possessed of a vast ...
... Asia Minor , were at length subdued by Crœsus , king of Lydia ; and he in turn , sinking under the power of Cyrus , his conquests of course fell in with the rest of his dominions . 11. The Persian monarch , thus possessed of a vast ...
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... Asia Minor , began to look towards Europe , as offering con- quests worthy their ambition . The assistance given the Ionians by the Athenian fleet , and the refusal of that state to admit Hippias as their king ; the taking of Sardis ...
... Asia Minor , began to look towards Europe , as offering con- quests worthy their ambition . The assistance given the Ionians by the Athenian fleet , and the refusal of that state to admit Hippias as their king ; the taking of Sardis ...
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... Asia into Europe by laying a bridge over the sea . But what if the Athenians should advance and destroy this bridge , and so prevent our return ? Let us not expose ourselves to such dangers , as we have no sufficient mo- tives to compel ...
... Asia into Europe by laying a bridge over the sea . But what if the Athenians should advance and destroy this bridge , and so prevent our return ? Let us not expose ourselves to such dangers , as we have no sufficient mo- tives to compel ...
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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