The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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Page 53
... foot of a mountain , so that the enemy should not surround him or charge him in the rear . On the flanks on each side , he caused large trees to be thrown down , which were cut down for the purpose , and these served to guard him from ...
... foot of a mountain , so that the enemy should not surround him or charge him in the rear . On the flanks on each side , he caused large trees to be thrown down , which were cut down for the purpose , and these served to guard him from ...
Page 61
... foot , and four score thou- sand horse . Three hundred thousand more that were added , upon crossing the Hellespont , made all his land forces together amount to above two millions of men . 24. His fleet , when it set out from Asia ...
... foot , and four score thou- sand horse . Three hundred thousand more that were added , upon crossing the Hellespont , made all his land forces together amount to above two millions of men . 24. His fleet , when it set out from Asia ...
Page 80
... foot of mount Cythæron . Here they continued for some sime , awaiting in dreadful suspense a battle that was to determine the fate of Greece . Some skirmishing be- tween the Persian cavalry , and the wing of the Grecian army , in which ...
... foot of mount Cythæron . Here they continued for some sime , awaiting in dreadful suspense a battle that was to determine the fate of Greece . Some skirmishing be- tween the Persian cavalry , and the wing of the Grecian army , in which ...
Page 83
... foot under the command of Tigranes . 39. This , however , did not deter the Greeks from venturing to attack them . Leotichydes having endeavoured to make the lonians revolt , landed his forces , and the next day prepared for the assault ...
... foot under the command of Tigranes . 39. This , however , did not deter the Greeks from venturing to attack them . Leotichydes having endeavoured to make the lonians revolt , landed his forces , and the next day prepared for the assault ...
Page 112
... foot of the wall , as the others who were hastening to the neighbouring towers . 90. Whilst this was doing they had time to set up several ladders ; and to throw down the parapet , that the rest might come up with greater ease . As fast ...
... foot of the wall , as the others who were hastening to the neighbouring towers . 90. Whilst this was doing they had time to set up several ladders ; and to throw down the parapet , that the rest might come up with greater ease . As fast ...
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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