The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... killed by him . Whereupon , the Athenians sent a herald to demand the body of their king , which message struck such a damp into the enemy , that they departed without striking another blow . 13. After Codrus , the title of king was ...
... killed by him . Whereupon , the Athenians sent a herald to demand the body of their king , which message struck such a damp into the enemy , that they departed without striking another blow . 13. After Codrus , the title of king was ...
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... killed in fighting for his country , she answered without any emotion , " It is for that I brought him into the world . " After the battle of Leuctra , the parents of those who died in the action , went to the temples to thank the gods ...
... killed in fighting for his country , she answered without any emotion , " It is for that I brought him into the world . " After the battle of Leuctra , the parents of those who died in the action , went to the temples to thank the gods ...
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... kill all they could find in their way . Thucy- dides relates , that two thousand of these slaves disappeared at once without ever after being heard of . 53. It is truly amazing , how a people like the Spartans , re- nowned for lenity to ...
... kill all they could find in their way . Thucy- dides relates , that two thousand of these slaves disappeared at once without ever after being heard of . 53. It is truly amazing , how a people like the Spartans , re- nowned for lenity to ...
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... killing Teleculus , one of the Spartan kings , who interposed in their de- fence . The Messenians , on the other hand ... killed all the Lacedæmonians that came in his way . Expostulations passed between both kingdoms , till at last the ...
... killing Teleculus , one of the Spartan kings , who interposed in their de- fence . The Messenians , on the other hand ... killed all the Lacedæmonians that came in his way . Expostulations passed between both kingdoms , till at last the ...
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... killed by the fall , except Aristomenes , who finding a wild beast at the bottom preying upon a carcass , he secured the animal's mouth , and continued to hold by the tail , until the beast made directly to its hole . There , finding ...
... killed by the fall , except Aristomenes , who finding a wild beast at the bottom preying upon a carcass , he secured the animal's mouth , and continued to hold by the tail , until the beast made directly to its hole . There , finding ...
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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