The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... masters of Pelo- ponnesus . A. M. 2448 . 11. The kingdom of Athens was first founded by Ce- crops , an Egyptian . This prince , having settled in At- tica , divided the whole country subject to him into twelve districts , and also ...
... masters of Pelo- ponnesus . A. M. 2448 . 11. The kingdom of Athens was first founded by Ce- crops , an Egyptian . This prince , having settled in At- tica , divided the whole country subject to him into twelve districts , and also ...
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... master of it ; and when his descendants were dispossessed , Bachis assumed the reins of power . The government after this became aristocratical , a chief magistrate being annually chosen by the name of prytanni . At last Cypselus having ...
... master of it ; and when his descendants were dispossessed , Bachis assumed the reins of power . The government after this became aristocratical , a chief magistrate being annually chosen by the name of prytanni . At last Cypselus having ...
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... masters to instruct the boys , by asking them questions concerning the na- ture of moral actions , or the different merits of the most noted men of the time . The boys were obliged to give a quick and ready answer , which was to be ...
... masters to instruct the boys , by asking them questions concerning the na- ture of moral actions , or the different merits of the most noted men of the time . The boys were obliged to give a quick and ready answer , which was to be ...
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... master of many excellent qualities ; and perverted them no farther than as they stood in competition with empire . Noth- ing could be objected to him but his having greater power than the laws : but by not exerting that power , he ...
... master of many excellent qualities ; and perverted them no farther than as they stood in competition with empire . Noth- ing could be objected to him but his having greater power than the laws : but by not exerting that power , he ...
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... masters to justice : who , if the fact were sufficiently proved , were obliged to sell them to another master . They could even ransom themselves against their mas- ter's consent , when they had laid up money enough for that pur- pose ...
... masters to justice : who , if the fact were sufficiently proved , were obliged to sell them to another master . They could even ransom themselves against their mas- ter's consent , when they had laid up money enough for that pur- pose ...
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