The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... horse . However , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their orders from the senate , which , though for the most part , discretionary , yet they were sometimes forced to march against the enemy , or return ...
... horse . However , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their orders from the senate , which , though for the most part , discretionary , yet they were sometimes forced to march against the enemy , or return ...
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... horse principally in a small city , not far from Lacedæmon , called Sciros ; and they were al- ways placed on the extremity of the left wing , which post they claimed as their rightful station . 26. But to recompense this defect of ...
... horse principally in a small city , not far from Lacedæmon , called Sciros ; and they were al- ways placed on the extremity of the left wing , which post they claimed as their rightful station . 26. But to recompense this defect of ...
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... 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 , consisted of twelve hundred and ...
... 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 , consisted of twelve hundred and ...
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... horses ? Demaratus answered , that they would fight it out to the last , and not a man of them would survive his country's freedom . Some men were heard to say that the Persians were so numerous that their darts would darken the sun ...
... horses ? Demaratus answered , that they would fight it out to the last , and not a man of them would survive his country's freedom . Some men were heard to say that the Persians were so numerous that their darts would darken the sun ...
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... horse's furniture , he went to offer it as now useless in the temple of Minerva , and then going down to the water side , was the first that cheerfully went on board . When he was followed by the rest of the city , so mov- ing and ...
... horse's furniture , he went to offer it as now useless in the temple of Minerva , and then going down to the water side , was the first that cheerfully went on board . When he was followed by the rest of the city , so mov- ing and ...
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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