The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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Page 57
... officers of his court . In his speech at opening the council he evidently showed his desire of revenge , and his passion for military glory . 5. The best way , therefore , to pay court to this young mon- arch , was by flattering him in ...
... officers of his court . In his speech at opening the council he evidently showed his desire of revenge , and his passion for military glory . 5. The best way , therefore , to pay court to this young mon- arch , was by flattering him in ...
Page 77
... officers should declare who had distinguished themselves most , by writing the names of such as merited the first and second rewards . 4. On this occasion , each officer concerned adjudged the first rank to himself , but all allowed the ...
... officers should declare who had distinguished themselves most , by writing the names of such as merited the first and second rewards . 4. On this occasion , each officer concerned adjudged the first rank to himself , but all allowed the ...
Page 88
... imperious temper , and still more impressed with the gloomy austerity of Sparta , he set no bounds to his ambition ; he treated his officers and even the confederate generals , with severity , arrogance , and disdain 88 THE HISTORY.
... imperious temper , and still more impressed with the gloomy austerity of Sparta , he set no bounds to his ambition ; he treated his officers and even the confederate generals , with severity , arrogance , and disdain 88 THE HISTORY.
Page 92
... officer informed him of a ceremony , which he knew was insupportable to some Greeks : but , without which , none were allowed that honour . This was to fall prostrate before the Persian monarch , and to worship him as the living image ...
... officer informed him of a ceremony , which he knew was insupportable to some Greeks : but , without which , none were allowed that honour . This was to fall prostrate before the Persian monarch , and to worship him as the living image ...
Page 122
... officers went over to Agis , the Spartan king and general , and proposed to him to have the business made up by a reference . He imme- diately closing with the offer , in order to it , granted them a truce for four months , and drew off ...
... officers went over to Agis , the Spartan king and general , and proposed to him to have the business made up by a reference . He imme- diately closing with the offer , in order to it , granted them a truce for four months , and drew off ...
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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