The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... immediately to his troops ; and , at their head , made a successful sally by night , against the Corinthian forces . Nevertheless he was once more , shortly after , taken by some Cretans ; but his keepers . being made drunk , he stabbed ...
... immediately to his troops ; and , at their head , made a successful sally by night , against the Corinthian forces . Nevertheless he was once more , shortly after , taken by some Cretans ; but his keepers . being made drunk , he stabbed ...
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... immediately convened , from whom he demand- ed a guard of fifty persons for his future security . 46. It was in vain that Solon used all his authority and elo- quence to oppose so dangerous a request . He considered his sufferings as ...
... immediately convened , from whom he demand- ed a guard of fifty persons for his future security . 46. It was in vain that Solon used all his authority and elo- quence to oppose so dangerous a request . He considered his sufferings as ...
Page 45
... immediately to furnish twenty ships to assist his designs ; and to these , the Eretrians and Eubæans added five more . 22. Aristagoras , thus supplied , resolved to act with vigour ; and having collected all his forces together , set ...
... immediately to furnish twenty ships to assist his designs ; and to these , the Eretrians and Eubæans added five more . 22. Aristagoras , thus supplied , resolved to act with vigour ; and having collected all his forces together , set ...
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... immediately gave judgment against the people of Egina , and sent Cleomenes , one of their kings , to apprehend the authors of so base a concession . 41. The people of Ægina , however , refused to deliver them , under pretence that ...
... immediately gave judgment against the people of Egina , and sent Cleomenes , one of their kings , to apprehend the authors of so base a concession . 41. The people of Ægina , however , refused to deliver them , under pretence that ...
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... immediately paid them that was due to their merit . Il- lustrious monuments were erected to them in the very place where the battle was fought , upon which their names , and the tribe to which they belonged , were inscribed . There were ...
... immediately paid them that was due to their merit . Il- lustrious monuments were erected to them in the very place where the battle was fought , upon which their names , and the tribe to which they belonged , were inscribed . There were ...
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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