The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... Sparta or Lacedæmon , is supposed to have been first instituted by Lelia . Helena , the tenth in suc- cession from this monarch , is equally famous for her beauty and infidelity . She had not lived above three years with her hus- band ...
... Sparta or Lacedæmon , is supposed to have been first instituted by Lelia . Helena , the tenth in suc- cession from this monarch , is equally famous for her beauty and infidelity . She had not lived above three years with her hus- band ...
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... Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . 1. ALTHOUGH the kingdom of Lacedæmon was not so consider- able as that of Athens , yet as it was of much earlier institution , it demands our first attention . Lacedæmon , as observed be- fore , was ...
... Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . 1. ALTHOUGH the kingdom of Lacedæmon was not so consider- able as that of Athens , yet as it was of much earlier institution , it demands our first attention . Lacedæmon , as observed be- fore , was ...
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... Spartans came for a king , she was either una- ble or unwilling to decide which of them was first born , or which ... Sparta . Eurysthenes and Procles , having granted the countrymen of Sparta the same privileges with the citizens , Agis ...
... Spartans came for a king , she was either una- ble or unwilling to decide which of them was first born , or which ... Sparta . Eurysthenes and Procles , having granted the countrymen of Sparta the same privileges with the citizens , Agis ...
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... Sparta , Lycurgus first communicated his designs to his particular friends , and then by degrees gained over the leading men to his party , until things being ripe for a change , he ordered thirty of the principal men to appear armed in ...
... Sparta , Lycurgus first communicated his designs to his particular friends , and then by degrees gained over the leading men to his party , until things being ripe for a change , he ordered thirty of the principal men to appear armed in ...
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... Sparta into nine thou- sand , and these he portioned out to the respective inhabitants of each district . Each portion was ... Spartans themselves began to despise it , so that money was at last brought into disuse , and few troubled ...
... Sparta into nine thou- sand , and these he portioned out to the respective inhabitants of each district . Each portion was ... Spartans themselves began to despise it , so that money was at last brought into disuse , and few troubled ...
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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