The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... 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 home when they least de- sired to retreat ...
... 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 home when they least de- sired to retreat ...
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... liberty , was not so much to gratify licentious desire , as to improve the breed of citizens , by matching such as were possessed of mutual inclination . In fact , in many of the laws of Lycurgus he seems to admit that private vices may ...
... liberty , was not so much to gratify licentious desire , as to improve the breed of citizens , by matching such as were possessed of mutual inclination . In fact , in many of the laws of Lycurgus he seems to admit that private vices may ...
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... liberty some cen- turies before , and who had been condemned to perpetual slave- ry , tilled their lands for them , receiving for their labour a bare subsistence . 45. The citizens , thus possessed of competence and leisure , were ...
... liberty some cen- turies before , and who had been condemned to perpetual slave- ry , tilled their lands for them , receiving for their labour a bare subsistence . 45. The citizens , thus possessed of competence and leisure , were ...
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... liberty . Not venturing to med- dle with certain disorders which he looked upon as incurable , he undertook to bring about no other alterations but such as were apparently reasonable to the meanest capacity . In short , it was his aim ...
... liberty . Not venturing to med- dle with certain disorders which he looked upon as incurable , he undertook to bring about no other alterations but such as were apparently reasonable to the meanest capacity . In short , it was his aim ...
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... liberty of his country above two years : he died at Cyprus , in the eightieth year of his age , lamented and admired by every state of Greece . 50. Besides his skill in legislation , Solon was remarkable for several other shining ...
... liberty of his country above two years : he died at Cyprus , in the eightieth year of his age , lamented and admired by every state of Greece . 50. Besides his skill in legislation , Solon was remarkable for several other shining ...
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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