The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... carried off by Paris , the son of Priam , king of Troy . This seems to be the first occasion in which the Greeks united in one common cause . The Greeks took Troy , after a ten years ' siege , much about the time that Jephthah was the ...
... carried off by Paris , the son of Priam , king of Troy . This seems to be the first occasion in which the Greeks united in one common cause . The Greeks took Troy , after a ten years ' siege , much about the time that Jephthah was the ...
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... carry their au- thority too far . 14. The senators were composed of those who assisted Ly- curgus in his designs , as well as of several of the citizens remark- able for their private virtues ; but none were eligible till sixty years of ...
... carry their au- thority too far . 14. The senators were composed of those who assisted Ly- curgus in his designs , as well as of several of the citizens remark- able for their private virtues ; but none were eligible till sixty years of ...
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... carry home a sum of ten minas , or about twenty pounds English , and a whole house was necessary to keep it in . 22. This iron money had no currency among any other of the Grecian states , who , so far from esteeming it , treated it ...
... carry home a sum of ten minas , or about twenty pounds English , and a whole house was necessary to keep it in . 22. This iron money had no currency among any other of the Grecian states , who , so far from esteeming it , treated it ...
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... carried thither as to a school of temperance and wisdom . 25. At these homely repasts no rude or immoral conversa- tion was permitted , no loquacious disputes or ostentatious talk- ing . Each endeavoured to express his sentiments with ...
... carried thither as to a school of temperance and wisdom . 25. At these homely repasts no rude or immoral conversa- tion was permitted , no loquacious disputes or ostentatious talk- ing . Each endeavoured to express his sentiments with ...
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... carried on for many years , with doubtful success . 64. In this situation the Messenians sent to consult the oracle of Delphos , who required the sacrifice of a virgin of the family of Epytus . Upon casting lots among the descendants of ...
... carried on for many years , with doubtful success . 64. In this situation the Messenians sent to consult the oracle of Delphos , who required the sacrifice of a virgin of the family of Epytus . Upon casting lots among the descendants of ...
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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