The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... dangers of the one , and to produce a remedy for the defects of the other . 8. Thus resolving to make himself acquainted with all the im- provements of other nations , and to consult the most experienced persons he could meet with in ...
... dangers of the one , and to produce a remedy for the defects of the other . 8. Thus resolving to make himself acquainted with all the im- provements of other nations , and to consult the most experienced persons he could meet with in ...
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... danger . There was yearly a custom of whipping them at the altar of Diana , and . the boy that bore this punishment with the greatest fortitude , came off vic- torious . 35. This was inflicted publicly before the eyes of their pa- rents ...
... danger . There was yearly a custom of whipping them at the altar of Diana , and . the boy that bore this punishment with the greatest fortitude , came off vic- torious . 35. This was inflicted publicly before the eyes of their pa- rents ...
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... danger of teaching their discipline to those they made war upon , and all their alliances were thus more frequently renewed . 47. Whenever they had broken and routed the enemies , they never pursued them farther than was necessary to ...
... danger of teaching their discipline to those they made war upon , and all their alliances were thus more frequently renewed . 47. Whenever they had broken and routed the enemies , they never pursued them farther than was necessary to ...
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... dangerous impunity . 5. It was in this distressful state of the commonwealth , that Solon was applied to for his advice and assistance , as the wisest and justest man of all Athens . His great learning had acquired him the reputation of ...
... dangerous impunity . 5. It was in this distressful state of the commonwealth , that Solon was applied to for his advice and assistance , as the wisest and justest man of all Athens . His great learning had acquired him the reputation of ...
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... dangerous an employment , he , at last , suf- fered himself to be chosen archon , and to be constituted supreme legislator , with the unanimous consent of all . 20. This was a situation in which nothing could be added to his power ; yet ...
... dangerous an employment , he , at last , suf- fered himself to be chosen archon , and to be constituted supreme legislator , with the unanimous consent of all . 20. This was a situation in which nothing could be added to his power ; yet ...
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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