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... army to go to Sparta , and to lie promiscuously with all the young women they fancied . The offspring of these virgins were , from them , called Parthe- niæ ; who finding themselves contemned and slighted by the Spartans on their return ...
... army to go to Sparta , and to lie promiscuously with all the young women they fancied . The offspring of these virgins were , from them , called Parthe- niæ ; who finding themselves contemned and slighted by the Spartans on their return ...
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... 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- terwards find performing nobler exploits , to break down the ...
... 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- terwards find performing nobler exploits , to break down the ...
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... army escaped , which took shelter aboard the fleet , or in the neighbouring cities . Other defeats followed after this . 24. The Athenians , intimidated with such a commencement of ill success , could not be persuaded to continue the ...
... army escaped , which took shelter aboard the fleet , or in the neighbouring cities . Other defeats followed after this . 24. The Athenians , intimidated with such a commencement of ill success , could not be persuaded to continue the ...
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... army , and so terrified the inhabitants of that country , that they yielded implicit obedience to his power . From thence he set sail for Macedonia ; but his fleet attempting to double the cape of Mount Athos in order to gain the coasts ...
... army , and so terrified the inhabitants of that country , that they yielded implicit obedience to his power . From thence he set sail for Macedonia ; but his fleet attempting to double the cape of Mount Athos in order to gain the coasts ...
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... army of a hundred and twenty thousand men ; their instructions were to give up Athens and Eretria , a little city which had joined in the league against him , to be plundered ; to burn all the houses and temples of both , and to lead ...
... army of a hundred and twenty thousand men ; their instructions were to give up Athens and Eretria , a little city which had joined in the league against him , to be plundered ; to burn all the houses and temples of both , and to lead ...
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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