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... Athens .. Burning of Sardis by the Athenians and Ionians .... 49 55 55 Themistocles and Aristides ; their characters 55 55 49 485. Accession of Xerxes 561 Death of Leonidas and his 484. Preparations for the invasion comrades 61 of ...
... Athens .. Burning of Sardis by the Athenians and Ionians .... 49 55 55 Themistocles and Aristides ; their characters 55 55 49 485. Accession of Xerxes 561 Death of Leonidas and his 484. Preparations for the invasion comrades 61 of ...
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... Athens .. Athenian embassy to Sparta . March of the Spartan army ... 67 478. Siege and capture of Sestos ... 67 478. Rebuilding of Athens Attempts of the Lacedæmo- nians to prevent Athens be- ing fortified Defeated by Themistocles ...
... Athens .. Athenian embassy to Sparta . March of the Spartan army ... 67 478. Siege and capture of Sestos ... 67 478. Rebuilding of Athens Attempts of the Lacedæmo- nians to prevent Athens be- ing fortified Defeated by Themistocles ...
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... Athenians 425 . 99 100 First Year . Invasion of Attica 430. Second Year . Invasion of Attica 100 Plague at Athens .. Unpopularity of Pericles : he is accused of peculation L His domestic misfortunes 429. Third Year . Death of Pericles ...
... Athenians 425 . 99 100 First Year . Invasion of Attica 430. Second Year . Invasion of Attica 100 Plague at Athens .. Unpopularity of Pericles : he is accused of peculation L His domestic misfortunes 429. Third Year . Death of Pericles ...
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... Athens : popu- lar delusion .. 114 113 Nicias seizes Epipolæ , and pro- ceeds with his circumvalla- tion of the city ... Athens ... 123 Revolt of the Chians and of the other Athenian allies , with the exception of Samos 123 410 ...
... Athens : popu- lar delusion .. 114 113 Nicias seizes Epipolæ , and pro- ceeds with his circumvalla- tion of the city ... Athens ... 123 Revolt of the Chians and of the other Athenian allies , with the exception of Samos 123 410 ...
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... Athenian fleet at Egospc . tami Proceedings of Lysander : cap- ture of the Athenian depend- encies Twenty - eighth and last Year . Capture of Athens : terms of peace . 133 133 134 CHAPTER XIV . THE THIRTY TYRANTS , AND The Death of ...
... Athenian fleet at Egospc . tami Proceedings of Lysander : cap- ture of the Athenian depend- encies Twenty - eighth and last Year . Capture of Athens : terms of peace . 133 133 134 CHAPTER XIV . THE THIRTY TYRANTS , AND The Death of ...
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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.