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... Amphipolis .. 432 . Attacks upon Pericles . 74 Accusation of Anaxagoras , As- 466. Revolt and conquest of Naxos . Battle of the Eurymedon .. 74 pasia , and Phidias 75 465. Revolt of Thasos . 75 Imprisonment and death of Phidias ... 80 ...
... Amphipolis .. 432 . Attacks upon Pericles . 74 Accusation of Anaxagoras , As- 466. Revolt and conquest of Naxos . Battle of the Eurymedon .. 74 pasia , and Phidias 75 465. Revolt of Thasos . 75 Imprisonment and death of Phidias ... 80 ...
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... Amphipolis .... 109 103 423. Ninth Year . Banishment of Thucydides the historian ... 109 104 422. Tenth Year . Cleon proceeds to Thrace 109 Death of Cleon and Brasidas .. 110 Eleventh Year . Fifty years ' peace between Athens and Sparta ...
... Amphipolis .... 109 103 423. Ninth Year . Banishment of Thucydides the historian ... 109 104 422. Tenth Year . Cleon proceeds to Thrace 109 Death of Cleon and Brasidas .. 110 Eleventh Year . Fifty years ' peace between Athens and Sparta ...
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... Amphipolis . 357. Foundation of Philippi . 176 ... 177 342 . 357- ) The Social War ...... 177 355 . Peace between Philip and the Athenians Conquest of Phocis by Philip . 180 End of the Sacred War Results of the Sacred War .... 180 ...
... Amphipolis . 357. Foundation of Philippi . 176 ... 177 342 . 357- ) The Social War ...... 177 355 . Peace between Philip and the Athenians Conquest of Phocis by Philip . 180 End of the Sacred War Results of the Sacred War .... 180 ...
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... Amphipolis . Since the destruction of Sybaris by the Crotoniates in B.C. 509 , the former inhabitants had lived dispersed in the adjoining territory along the Gulf of Tarentum . In B.C. 443 Pericles sent out a colony to found Thurii ...
... Amphipolis . Since the destruction of Sybaris by the Crotoniates in B.C. 509 , the former inhabitants had lived dispersed in the adjoining territory along the Gulf of Tarentum . In B.C. 443 Pericles sent out a colony to found Thurii ...
Page 109
... Amphipolis on the Stry- In that town the Athenian party sent a message for assist- ance to Thucydides , the historian , who was then general in those parts . Thucydides hastened with seven ships from Thasos , and succeeded in securing ...
... Amphipolis on the Stry- In that town the Athenian party sent a message for assist- ance to Thucydides , the historian , who was then general in those parts . Thucydides hastened with seven ships from Thasos , and succeeded in securing ...
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Page 159 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus should belong to him. He also thinks it just to leave all the other Grecian cities, both small and great, independent — except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros, which are to belong to Athens, as of old.
Page 101 - Oppressed at once by war and pestilence, their lands desolated, their homes filled with mourning, it is not surprising that the Athenians were seized with rage and despair, or that they vented their anger on Pericles, whom they deemed the author of their misfortunes. But that statesman still adhered to his plans with unshaken firmness. Though the Lacedaemonians were in Attica, though the plague had already seized on Athens, he was vigorously pushing his plans of offensive operations.
Page 140 - Pli&do of Plato. With a firm and cheerful countenance he drank the cup of hemlock amidst his sorrowing and weeping friends. His last words were addressed to Crito : — " Crito, we owe a cock to ^Esculapius ;* discharge the debt, and by no means omit it.
Page 34 - Solon was the only man, who, without fear or shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots.