The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... brought into the field , and at last became the in- structer of all mankind . 7. It is said in scripture that Javan , the son of Japeth , was the father of all those nations that went under the general de- nomination of Greeks . Of his ...
... brought into the field , and at last became the in- structer of all mankind . 7. It is said in scripture that Javan , the son of Japeth , was the father of all those nations that went under the general de- nomination of Greeks . Of his ...
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... brought to him , as he was at supper with the magistrates ; to them he presented the child as their king , and to testify his own and the people's joy , gave him the name of Cha- rilaus . Thus Lycurgus sacrificed his ambition to his ...
... brought to him , as he was at supper with the magistrates ; to them he presented the child as their king , and to testify his own and the people's joy , gave him the name of Cha- rilaus . Thus Lycurgus sacrificed his ambition to his ...
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... brought into disuse , and few troubled themselves with more than was barely sufficient to supply their necessities . Thus not only riches , but their attendant train of avarice , fraud , rapine , and luxury , were banished from this ...
... brought into disuse , and few troubled themselves with more than was barely sufficient to supply their necessities . Thus not only riches , but their attendant train of avarice , fraud , rapine , and luxury , were banished from this ...
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... brought him into the world . " After the battle of Leuctra , the parents of those who died in the action , went to the temples to thank the gods , that their sons had done their duty , while those whose children survived that dreadful ...
... brought him into the world . " After the battle of Leuctra , the parents of those who died in the action , went to the temples to thank the gods , that their sons had done their duty , while those whose children survived that dreadful ...
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... brought marble into the field , in order to erect a trophy there . Just after the battle , an Athenian soldier , whose name was Eucles , still covered all over with blood and wounds , quitted the army , and ran to Athens , to carry his ...
... brought marble into the field , in order to erect a trophy there . Just after the battle , an Athenian soldier , whose name was Eucles , still covered all over with blood and wounds , quitted the army , and ran to Athens , to carry his ...
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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