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... Darius . 1. It was in this disposition of Athens and Sparta , and of the lesser states , their neighbours , that the Persian monarchy began to interest itself in their disputes ; and made itself an umpire in their contentions for ...
... Darius . 1. It was in this disposition of Athens and Sparta , and of the lesser states , their neighbours , that the Persian monarchy began to interest itself in their disputes ; and made itself an umpire in their contentions for ...
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... Darius into Scythia , into which coun- try he sent a numerous army , laying a bridge over the river Isther for that purpose . The Ionians were appointed to guard this im- portant pass ; but were advised by Miltiades , whom we shall af ...
... Darius into Scythia , into which coun- try he sent a numerous army , laying a bridge over the river Isther for that purpose . The Ionians were appointed to guard this im- portant pass ; but were advised by Miltiades , whom we shall af ...
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... Darius , who received the present with that disgust which evinced his superior humanity . He wept over it with a friendly sorrow ; and ordered that it should receive honourable interment . 27. In the mean time , the affairs of the OF ...
... Darius , who received the present with that disgust which evinced his superior humanity . He wept over it with a friendly sorrow ; and ordered that it should receive honourable interment . 27. In the mean time , the affairs of the OF ...
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... Darius , therefore , in the twenty - eighth year of his reign , having recalled all his other generals , sent Mardonius , the son of Gobryas , a young nobleman who had lately married one of the king's daughters , to command in chief ...
... Darius , therefore , in the twenty - eighth year of his reign , having recalled all his other generals , sent Mardonius , the son of Gobryas , a young nobleman who had lately married one of the king's daughters , to command in chief ...
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... Darius resolved to bend all his attention to a war with Greece . He had , in the beginning of his reign , sent spies with one De- mocedes , a Greek physician , as their conductor , to bring him information with respect to the strength ...
... Darius resolved to bend all his attention to a war with Greece . He had , in the beginning of his reign , sent spies with one De- mocedes , a Greek physician , as their conductor , to bring him information with respect to the strength ...
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