Plutarch's Lives: Tr. from the Original Greek: with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch ... |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 100
Page 46
... gods . Both ftood in the first rank of warriors ; for both had great powers of mind , with great ftrength of body . One was the founder of Rome , and one peopled Athens , the most illuftrious cities in the world . carried off women by ...
... gods . Both ftood in the first rank of warriors ; for both had great powers of mind , with great ftrength of body . One was the founder of Rome , and one peopled Athens , the most illuftrious cities in the world . carried off women by ...
Page 49
... god ; he is the patron of their city ; to him they offer their first fruits ; and their money bears the impreffion of a trident . Thefeus , in his youth , dif- covering not only great ftrength of body , but firmness and folidity of mind ...
... god ; he is the patron of their city ; to him they offer their first fruits ; and their money bears the impreffion of a trident . Thefeus , in his youth , dif- covering not only great ftrength of body , but firmness and folidity of mind ...
Page 57
... god . It is reported that the oracle at Delphi commanded him to take Venus for his guide , and entreat her to be his companion in the voyage ; and when he facrificed to her a fhe goat on the fea fhore , its fex was immediately changed ...
... god . It is reported that the oracle at Delphi commanded him to take Venus for his guide , and entreat her to be his companion in the voyage ; and when he facrificed to her a fhe goat on the fea fhore , its fex was immediately changed ...
Page 60
... gods which he had vowed at Phalerum , when he fet fail , and sent a herald to the city , with an account of his fafe return . The meffenger met with numbers , lamenting the fate of the king , and others rejoicing , as it was natural to ...
... gods which he had vowed at Phalerum , when he fet fail , and sent a herald to the city , with an account of his fafe return . The meffenger met with numbers , lamenting the fate of the king , and others rejoicing , as it was natural to ...
Page 63
... gods ; for he confulted the Oracle at Delphi concern- ing his new government , and received this answer : * * The Athenæa were celebrated before , in honor of the goddess Minerva ; but as that was a feaft peculiar to the city of Athens ...
... gods ; for he confulted the Oracle at Delphi concern- ing his new government , and received this answer : * * The Athenæa were celebrated before , in honor of the goddess Minerva ; but as that was a feaft peculiar to the city of Athens ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affembly affiftance againſt alfo Amulius anſwer Athenians Athens becauſe beſt buſineſs called Camillus caufe cauſe citizens confequence confiderable confifted confulted death defired deftroyed enemy eſtabliſhed Eurybiades exerciſe facred facrifice faid fame fays feaſt fecond fecure feems fenate fent fhips fhould fhow fide fignifies fince firft firſt flain flaves fome foon fpirit ftate ftill fuch fuffer fuppofed fword Gauls gave gods greateſt Greece Greeks Hercules himſelf hiſtory honor houſe inftead inftituted king Lacedæmonians laft laſt laws leaſt likewife Lycurgus magiftrates manner meaſure Megara moft moſt muſt neceffary Numitor obferved occafion oracle paffed Perfians perfons perfuaded Pericles philofopher Pirithous Pittheus Plutarch prefent Publicola puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft Romans Rome Romulus Sabines ſeems ſhe Solon Sparta ſtate ſtill tells temple Thefeus Themistocles themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand Thucydides took Trajan tranflation uſe whofe
Popular passages
Page 128 - ... in the hands of a few. Determined therefore to root out the evils of insolence, envy, avarice, and luxury, and those distempers of a state still more inveterate and fatal, I mean poverty and riches...
Page 151 - For along with foreigners come new subjects of discourse * ; new discourse produces new opinions ; and from these there necessarily spring new passions 'and desires, which, like discords in music, would disturb the established government. He, therefore, thought it more expedient for the city, to keep out of it corrupt customs and manners, than even to prevent the introduction of a pestilence.
Page 169 - During the first hundred and seventy years they built temples, indeed, and other sacred domes, but placed in them no figure of any kind, persuaded that it is impious to represent things divine by what is perishable, and that we can have no conception of God but by the understanding.
Page 383 - The sudden darkness was looked upon as an unfavourable omen, and threw them into the greatest consternation. Pericles, observing that the pilot was much astonished and perplexed, took his cloak, and having covered his eyes with it, asked him;
Page 139 - ... of obedience. The old men were present at their diversions, and often suggested some occasion of dispute or quarrel, that they might observe with exactness the spirit of each, and their firmness in battle.
Page 284 - This child is greater than any man in Greece ; for the Athenians command the Greeks, I .command the Athenians, his mother commands me, and he commands his mother.